Moody County
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| US state : | South Dakota |
| Administrative headquarters : | Flandreau |
| Address of the administrative headquarters: |
Moody County Courthouse 101 East Pipestone Avenue Flandreau, SD 57028-1753 |
| Foundation : | 1873 |
| Area code : | 605 |
| Demographics | |
| Residents : | 6486 (2010) |
| Population density : | 4.8 inhabitants / km 2 |
| geography | |
| Total area : | 1350 km² |
| Water surface : | 4 km² |
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| Website : www.moodycounty.net | |
Moody County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State South Dakota . In 2010 , the county had 6,486 people and a population density of 4.8 people per square kilometer. The county seat is in Flandreau .
Within Moody County is the Flandreau Reservation of the Mdewakanton , a subgroup of the Sioux .
geography
The county is located in eastern South Dakota on the border with Minnesota at approx. 500 m . It has an area of 1350 square kilometers, of which 4 square kilometers are water. The Big Sioux River , a left tributary of the Missouri, flows through the county from north to south . The following neighboring counties border Moody County:
| Brookings County | ||
| Lake County |
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Pipestone County, Minnesota |
| Minnehaha County |
history
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1900 | 8326 | - | |
| 1910 | 8695 | 4.4% | |
| 1920 | 9742 | 12% | |
| 1930 | 9603 | -1.4% | |
| 1940 | 9341 | -2.7% | |
| 1950 | 9252 | -1 % | |
| 1960 | 8810 | -4.8% | |
| 1970 | 7622 | -13.5% | |
| 1980 | 6692 | -12.2% | |
| 1990 | 6507 | -2.8% | |
| 2000 | 6595 | 1.4% | |
| 2010 | 6486 | -1.7% | |
| 1900–1990 2000 2010 | |||
Moody County was formed on January 8, 1873. It was named after Colonel Gideon C. Moody , a politician, Supreme Court Justice of South Dakota from 1878 to 1883, and US Senator from 1889 to 1891 . 1865 approved Congress 25,000 USD for the construction of a road from Sioux City to Fort Randall on Elk Point , Vermillion and Yankton . For the construction of the very first bridge over the Big Sioux River , Moody, who also served as supervisor for this project, had a transportable sawmill built so that the wood required could be cut on site.
13 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of August 6, 2018).
Population development
According to the 2010 census , there were 6,486 people in 2,614 households in Moody County. The population density was 4.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.45 people lived in the 2614 households.
The racial the population was composed of 81.9 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 13.9 percent Native American, 1.1 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.9 percent of the population.
25.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.3 percent were 65 years or older. 50.0 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was 49,016 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,596. 9.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Moody County localities
structure
In addition to the three cities and four towns, Moody County is divided into 16 townships :
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See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Moody County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.Retrieved February 22, 2011
- ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Moody County, SD ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 18, 2013
- ^ A b National Association of Counties.Retrieved June 18, 2013
- ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 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. 214 .
- ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 6, 2018.
- ↑ Missouri Census Data Center - South Dakota ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 18, 2013
Web links
List of counties in South Dakota
Aurora |
Beadle |
Bennett |
Bon Homme |
Brookings |
Brown |
Brule |
Buffalo |
Butte |
Campbell |
Charles Mix |
Clark |
Clay |
Codington |
Corson |
Custer |
Davison |
Day |
Deuel |
Dewey |
Douglas |
Edmunds |
Fall River |
Faulk |
Grant |
Gregory |
Haakon |
Hamlin |
Hand |
Hanson |
Harding |
Hughes |
Hutchinson |
Hyde |
Jackson |
Jerauld |
Jones |
Kingsbury |
Lake |
Lawrence |
Lincoln |
Lyman |
Marshall |
McCook |
McPherson |
Meade |
Mellette |
Miner |
Minnehaha |
Moody |
Oglala Lakota |
Pennington |
Perkins |
Potter |
Roberts |
Sanborn |
Spink |
Stanley |
Sully |
Todd |
Tripp |
Turner |
Union |
Walworth |
Yankton |
Ziebach
Coordinates: 44 ° 1 ′ N , 96 ° 40 ′ W