Tripp County

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Tripp County Courthouse
Tripp County Courthouse
administration
US state : South Dakota
Administrative headquarters : Winner
Foundation : 1873
Demographics
Residents : 5644  (2010)
Population density : 1.4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 4189 km²
Water surface : 10 km²
map
Map of Tripp County within South Dakota

Tripp County is a county in the state of South Dakota in the United States . It has 6,430 inhabitants. The county seat is Winner .

geography

The county covers an area of ​​4,189 square kilometers; of which 10 square kilometers (0.24 percent) are water.

history

The county was incorporated on January 8, 1873 and the administrative organization was completed on June 15, 1909. It was named after Bartlett Tripp , who was the chief judge of the Dakota Territory and ambassador to Austria-Hungary .

The Tripp County Veteran's Memorial is one of the county's five entries in the NRHP.

Five buildings 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%
1910 8323 -
1920 11,970 43.8%
1930 12,712 6.2%
1940 9937 -21.8%
1950 9139 -8th %
1960 8761 -4.1%
1970 8171 -6.7%
1980 7268 -11.1%
1990 6924 -4.7%
2000 6430 -7.1%
2010 5644 -12.2%
1900-1990

2000

Tripp County's age pyramid

cities and communes

Cities ( cities )

Communities ( towns )

Census-designated places

Townships

The district is divided into 48 townships: Banner, Beaver Creek, Black, Brunson, Bull Creek, Carter, Colome, Condon, Curlew, Dog Ear, Elliston, Greenwood, Holsclaw, Huggins, Ideal, Irwin, Jordan, Keyapaha, King, Lake , Lamro, Lincoln, Lone Star, Lone Tree, McNeely, Millboro, Pahapesto, Plainview, Plasant Valley, Pleasant View, Progressive, Rames, Rosedale, Roseland, Star Prairie, Star Valley, Stewart, Sully, Taylor, Valley, Weaver, Willow Creek, Wilson, Witten, Wortman, and Wright; as well as a disorganized territory: Gassman

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tripp 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. 305 .
  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

Coordinates: 43 ° 20 ′  N , 99 ° 53 ′  W