Miner County

administration
US state :	South Dakota
Administrative headquarters :	Howard
Foundation :	1973
Demographics
Residents :	2389 (2010)
Population density :	1.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1481 km²
Water surface :	4 km²
map

Miner County is a county in the east of the state of South Dakota in the United States . The county seat is in Howard .

geography

The county covers an area of 1,481 square kilometers; 4 square kilometers (0.29 percent) of it is water. It is divided into 16 townships : Adams, Beaver, Belleview, Canova, Carthage, Clearwater, Clinton, Grafton, Green Valley, Henden, Howard, Miner, Redstone, Rock Creek, Roswell and Vermillion.

history

The county was incorporated on January 8, 1873 and the administrative organization was completed on December 2, 1880. It was named after the brothers Nelson (1827–1879) and Ephraim Miner (1833–?), Who were both MPs in the Legislative Assembly of the Dakota Territory .

Four buildings in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of August 6, 2018).

Population development

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	5864	-
1910	7661	30.6%
1920	8560	11.7%
1930	8376	-2.1%
1940	6836	-18.4%
1950	6268	-8.3%
1960	5398	-13.9%
1970	4454	-17.5%
1980	3739	-16.1%
1990	3272	-12.5%
2000	2884	-11.9%
2010	2389	-17.2%
1900-1990 2000

cities and communes

Cities ( cities )

Communities ( towns )

Web links

Commons : Miner County - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Miner County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011
↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 207 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 6, 2018.
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011

44.02 -97.61Coordinates: 44 ° 1 ′ N , 97 ° 37 ′ W

[1] Miner County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011

[2] Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 207 .

[3] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 6, 2018.

[4] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011

[5] Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011