Campbell County, South Dakota
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Campbell County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,377,<ref name="QF">Template:Cite web</ref> making it the fourth-least populous county in South Dakota. Its county seat is Mound City.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The county was created in 1873 and organized in 1884.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It was named for Norman B. Campbell, a Dakota Territory legislator in 1873 and son of General Charles T. Campbell.<ref>Legislative Manual, South Dakota, 2005, p. 596</ref>
History
[edit]Campbell County was formed in 1873 and organized in 1884. La Grace served as the first county seat; in 1888 the seat was transferred to Mound City.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> By 1911 the communities of Artas, Herreid and Pollock had the largest populations because they were located on a branch of the Soo Line.<ref name="Ogle1911CampbellCoSD">1911 Maps of Campbell County, South Dakota. George A Ogle and Co. 1911. Accessed via Historic Map Works on October 16, 2022.</ref>
Geography
[edit]Campbell County lies on the north side of South Dakota; its north boundary line abuts the south boundary line of the state of North Dakota. The Missouri River flows southward along the county's west boundary line. The county terrain consists of semi-arid low rolling hills, a portion of which is dedicated to agriculture.<ref>Campbell County SD Google Maps (accessed January 31, 2019)</ref> The terrain slopes to the south and east, with its highest point occurring on the county's north boundary line, toward the NE corner: Template:Convert.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The county has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert (4.8%) is water.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The eastern portion of South Dakota's counties (48 of 66) observe Central Time; the western counties (18 of 66) observe Mountain Time. Campbell County is the westernmost of the SD counties to observe Central Time.<ref>Map of Time Zone Line through South Dakota (accessed January 30, 2019)</ref>
Major highways
[edit]- File:US 83.svg U.S. Highway 83
- File:SD 10.svg South Dakota Highway 10
- File:SD 271.svg South Dakota Highway 271
- File:SD 1804.svg South Dakota Highway 1804
Adjacent counties
[edit]- Emmons County, North Dakota - north
- McIntosh County, North Dakota - northeast
- McPherson County - east
- Walworth County - south
- Corson County - west (boundary of Mountain Time)
Protected areas
[edit]- Pocasse National Wildlife Refuge<ref>Pocasse National Wildlife Refuge, Pollock SD Google Maps (accessed January 31, 2019)</ref>
- Rogo Bay State Game Production Area<ref>Rogo Bay Recreation Area, Glenham SD Google Maps (accessed January 31, 2019)</ref>
- Salt Lake State Game Production Area<ref>Salt Lake State Shooting Area, Java SD Google Maps (accessed January 31, 2019)</ref>
- Sand Lake State Game Production Area<ref>Sand Lake State Game Refuge, Selby SD Google Maps (accessed January 31, 2019)</ref>
- Shaw Creek State Lakeside Use Area<ref>Shaw Creek Recreation Area, Herreid SD Google Maps (accessed January 31, 2019)</ref>
- West Pollock State Recreation Area<ref>West Pollock Recreation Area, Pollock SD Google Maps (accessed January 31, 2019)</ref>
Lakes
[edit]- McClarem Lake
- Lake Oahe (part)
- Lake Pocasse
- Salt Lake
- Sand Lake
Demographics
[edit]2020 census
[edit]As of the 2020 census, there were 1,377 people, 640 households, and 397 families residing in the county.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The population density was Template:Convert. There were 900 housing units.
2010 census
[edit]As of the 2010 census, there were 1,466 people, 694 households, and 423 families in the county. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 980 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the county was 98.3% white, 0.3% Asian, 0.3% American Indian, 0.1% black or African American, 0.2% from other races, and 0.8% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.4% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 68.5% were German, 14.1% were Norwegian, 12.6% were Dutch, 11.4% were Russian, 7.8% were Irish, and 2.7% were American.
Of the 694 households, 21.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.6% were married couples living together, 3.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 39.0% were non-families, and 35.6% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.11 and the average family size was 2.70. The median age was 50.1 years.
The median income for a household in the county was $42,833 and the median income for a family was $48,864. Males had a median income of $41,563 versus $30,705 for females. The per capita income for the county was $22,338. About 6.1% of families and 10.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.8% of those under age 18 and 13.0% of those age 65 or over.
Religion
[edit]In the 2010 census, the largest denomination was the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America with 286 adherents, followed by the Catholic church with 191 members, the third was the Presbyterian Church in America with 186 followers. The Reformed Church in the United States, the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, and the North American Baptist Conference were also represented with lesser numbers.<ref>www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/c/46/rcms2010_46021_county_name_2010.asp ARDA</ref> Campbell County has the highest percentage of Presbyterians in the United States.
Communities
[edit]There are no organized civil townships in Campbell County. Artas Township and Mound City Township are named, while Herreid Township, Pollock Township, Sand Lake Township and Stout's Lake Township are implied, in a 1911 map book.<ref name="Ogle1911CampbellCoSD" />
City
[edit]Towns
[edit]- Artas
- Mound City (county seat)
- Pollock
Unincorporated communities
[edit]- Gale (Coordinates: 45.79720, -100.26530)<ref name="grhsED">GRHS: Campbell County, South Dakota. Accessed October 16, 2022.</ref>
- La Grace (ghost town, former county seat; Coordinates: 45.88000, -100.37190)<ref name="grhsED" /><ref name="hmdb112082">Historical Marker Database: Flint Store and Post Office. Accessed October 16, 2002.</ref>
- North Campbell<ref>North Campbell SD Google Maps (accessed January 31, 2019)</ref>
- South Campbell<ref>South Campbell SD Google Maps (accessed January 31, 2019)</ref>
- Tilso<ref name="grhsED" />
- Vanderbilt (ghost town) (Located in T 128 N, R 80 W, about 6 miles west-northwest of Pollock)<ref name="grhsED" /><ref name="hmdb112082" /> – The Vanderbilt Archeological Site is in the vicinity.<ref>South Dakota Magazine: Moved by Water. By John Andrews. August 25, 2015. Accessed October 16, 2022.</ref>
Politics
[edit]With its rural German-American heritage, Campbell is an overwhelmingly Republican county. It has only once been carried by a Democratic presidential candidate, during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s landslide victory of 1932. Nonetheless, in the following election when FDR gained an even more emphatic victory by carrying forty-six of forty-eight states, his Republican opponent Alf Landon carried Campbell County by twenty-five percentage points, making the county Landon's second-strongest in the Plains States (behind Brown County in his home state). Since 1940, no Democrat has so much as equaled Roosevelt's 1936 share of the vote, and even before 1932, only William Jennings Bryan in 1896 gained over forty percent of the vote for the Democratic Party. In 1952, Campbell was Dwight D. Eisenhower's third-strongest county in the nation,<ref>Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1952 Presidential Election Statistics</ref> and in 1964 it rivalled Hooker County in Nebraska and that famous GOP bastion Jackson County in Kentucky as Barry Goldwater’s strongest county outside the South. Template:PresHead Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresFoot
See also
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