Pennington County, South Dakota

administration
Pennington County Courthouse
US state :	South Dakota
Administrative headquarters :	Rapid City
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Pennington County Courthouse 315 Saint Joseph Street Rapid City, SD 57701101 E
Foundation :	1875
Demographics
Residents :	100,948 (2010)
Population density :	14 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	7211 km²
Water surface :	21 km²
map

Website : www.co.pennington.sd.us

Pennington County is a county in the state of South Dakota in the United States . In 2010 the population was 100,948. The county seat is Rapid City , the second largest city in South Dakota.

history

Pennington County was incorporated on January 11, 1875, and finally organized on April 19, 1877. It is named after John L. Pennington , the then governor of the Dakota Territory .

Two places in the county are of outstanding historical importance: the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site and the Mount Rushmore National Memorial . 59 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of July 29, 2018).

geography

The Mount Rushmore

The area of the county is 7211 square kilometers. Of this, 21 square kilometers (0.29 percent) are water. The county is bordered by other counties in a clockwise direction: Meade County , Haakon County , Jackson County , Oglala Lakota County , Custer County , Weston County in Wyoming, and Lawrence County .

Mount Rushmore is in the county area . Images of the heads of four US presidents were carved into this mountain . Also, the Harney Peak , the highest mountain in South Dakotas , located in Pennington County.

Population development

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	5610	-
1910	12,453	122%
1920	12,720	2.1%
1930	20,079	57.9%
1940	23,799	18.5%
1950	34,053	43.1%
1960	58.195	70.9%
1970	59,349	2%
1980	70,361	18.6%
1990	81,343	15.6%
2000	88,565	8.9%
2010	100,948	14%
1900-1990 2000

cities and communes

Cities ( cities )

Communities ( towns )

Townships

The county is divided into 20 townships : Ash, Castle Butte, Cedar Butte, Conata, Crooked Creed, Fairview, Flat Butte, Huron, Imlay, Lake Creek, Lake Flat, Lake Hill, Owanka, Peno, Quinn, Rainy Creek / Cheyenne, Scenic, Shyne, Sunnyside, and Wasta; and seven disorganized territories: Central Pennington, Dalzell Canyon, East Central Pennington, Mount Rushmore, Northeast Pennington, Rapid City East, and West Pennington.

Web links

Commons : Pennington County (South Dakota) - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Pennington County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . 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. 238 .
↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: South Dakota . National Park Service , accessed July 28, 2018.
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 29, 2018.
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011

44.01 -102.82Coordinates: 44 ° 1 ′ N , 102 ° 49 ′ W

[1] Pennington County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . 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. 238 .

[3] Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: South Dakota . National Park Service , accessed July 28, 2018.

[4] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 29, 2018.

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

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