Sanborn County

administration
US state :	South Dakota
Administrative headquarters :	Woonsocket
Foundation :	1883
Demographics
Residents :	2355 (2010)
Population density :	1.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1477 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
map

Sanborn County is a county in the state of South Dakota in the United States . The county seat is in Woonsocket .

geography

The district has an area of 1477 square kilometers; 3 square kilometers (0.21 percent) of this is water. Sanborn County is divided into 16 townships : Alton, Benedict, Butler, Diana, Elliot, Floyd, Jackson, Letcher, Logan, Oneida, Ravenna, Silver Creek, Twin Lake, Union, Warren, and Woonsocket.

history

It was formed on March 9, 1883 and named after George W. Sanborn (1832–?), A senior inspector with the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad , who was responsible for the development of the eastern Dakota Territory by the railroad committed.

Seven buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of August 9, 2018).

Population development

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	4464	-
1910	6607	48%
1920	7877	19.2%
1930	7326	-7%
1940	5754	-21.5%
1950	5142	-10.6%
1960	4641	-9.7%
1970	3697	-20.3%
1980	3213	-13.1%
1990	2833	-11.8%
2000	2675	-5.6%
2010	2355	-12%
1900-1990 2000

cities and communes

Cities ( cities )

Woonsocket

Municipalities ( town )

Web links

Commons : Sanborn County - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

^ Sanborn 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. 272 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 9, 2018.
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011

44.03 -98.09Coordinates: 44 ° 2 ′ N , 98 ° 5 ′ W

[1] Sanborn 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. 272 .

[3] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 9, 2018.

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

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