Walworth County, South Dakota

administration
Walworth County Courthouse
US state :	South Dakota
Administrative headquarters :	Selby
Foundation :	1873
Demographics
Residents :	5438 (2010)
Population density :	3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1928 km²
Water surface :	94 km²
map

Bethany Lutheran Church in Selby

Walworth County is a county in the state of South Dakota in the United States . The county seat is in Selby .

geography

The county covers an area of 1928 square kilometers; 94 square kilometers (4.98 percent) of it is water. The county is divided into two disorganized areas: East Walworth and West Walworth.

history

The county was founded on January 8, 1873 and likely named after Walworth County, Wisconsin , the home of the area's first settlers.

The Mobridge Masonic Temple is one of 13 entries for the county in the NRHP.

13 buildings and sites 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	3839	-
1910	6488	69%
1920	8447	30.2%
1930	8791	4.1%
1940	7274	-17.3%
1950	7648	5.1%
1960	8097	5.9%
1970	7842	-3.1%
1980	7011	-10.6%
1990	6087	-13.2%
2000	5974	-1.9%
2010	5438	-9%
1900-1990 2000

cities and communes

City ( City's )

Municipalities ( Towns ):

Web links

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

Individual evidence

^ Walworth 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. 316 .
↑ 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

45.43 -100.03Coordinates: 45 ° 26 ' N , 100 ° 2' W

[1] Walworth 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. 316 .

[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