Editing List of counties in South Dakota

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| name               = Counties of South Dakota
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| map                = {{South Dakota County Labelled Map}}
| category           = 
| territory          = [[State of South Dakota]]
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| current_number     = 66
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| population_range   =  874 ([[Jones County, South Dakota|Jones]]) – 208,639 ([[Minnehaha County, South Dakota|Minnehaha]])
| area_range         =  {{Convert|412|sqmi}} ([[Clay County, South Dakota|Clay]]) – {{Convert|3471|sqmi}} ([[Meade County, South Dakota|Meade]])
| government         = [[County government]]
| subdivision        = cities, towns, townships, unincorporated territories, unorganized territories, [[census designated place]]
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There are 66 [[County (United States)|counties]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[South Dakota]] with [[Federal Information Processing Standard state code|FIPS codes]].

Todd County and Oglala Lakota County are the only counties in South Dakota which do not have their own [[county seat]]s. Hot Springs in Fall River County serves as the administrative center for Oglala Lakota County. Winner in Tripp County serves as the administrative center for Todd County.<ref>{{Cite web |title=South Dakota Counties, Regions, Tourism and State Index |url=http://www.globalindex.com/comindex/sd/co_sd.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060102000358/http://www.globalindex.com/comindex/sd/co_sd.shtml |archive-date=January 2, 2006 |access-date=February 5, 2006 |publisher=Global Index}}</ref> These are two of six counties in South Dakota which are entirely within an [[Indian reservation]]. (The other four counties are Bennett, Corson, Dewey, and Ziebach.)

South Dakota's [[United States postal abbreviations|postal abbreviation]] is '''SD''' and its [[FIPS state code]] is '''46'''.
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== Table of counties ==
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{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=003 |Name= Aurora |Seat= Plankinton |Data2= 1881  |Data3= Cragin and Wetmore Counties |Data4= [[Aurora (mythology)|Aurora]], Roman goddess of dawn |Population= 2752 |Area= 708 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=005 |Name= Beadle |Seat= Huron |Data2= 1879  |Data3= Buchard, Clark, Kingsbury, and Spink Counties |Data4= [[William Henry Harrison Beadle]], chief surveyor of [[Dakota Territory]] |Population= 19459 |Area= 1259 |Size=150px}}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=007 |Name= Bennett |Seat= Martin |Data2= 1909  |Data3= Lugenbeel, Oglala Lakota, Washabaugh, and Washington Counties |Data4= [[Granville G. Bennett]], justice of the Supreme Court for the Dakota Territory |Population= 3289 |Area= 1185 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=009 |Name= Bon Homme |Seat= Tyndall |Data2= 1862  |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4= [[French language|French]] phrase meaning "good man" |Population= 7071 |Area= 563 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=011 |Name= Brookings |Seat= Brookings |Data2= 1862  |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4= [[Wilmot Brookings]] (1830 - 1905), Dakota Territory Supreme Court justice |Population= 36359 |Area= 794 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=013 |Name= Brown |Seat= Aberdeen |Data2= 1879  |Data3= Beadle County |Data4= Alfred Brown, territorial legislator |Population= 37495 |Area= 1713 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=015 |Name= Brule |Seat= Chamberlain |Data2= 1875  |Data3= Charles Mix County |Data4= [[Brulé]] Sioux Native Americans |Population= 5261 |Area= 819 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=017 |Name= Buffalo |Seat= Gann Valley |Data2= 1873  |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4= [[American Bison]] |Population= 1825 |Area= 471 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=019 |Name= Butte |Seat= Belle Fourche |Data2= 1883  |Data3= Harding County |Data4= [[Butte|Buttes]] in the region |Population= 10891 |Area= 2249 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=021 |Name= Campbell |Seat= Mound City |Data2= 1873  |Data3= Buffalo County |Data4= Norman B. Campbell, territorial legislator |Population= 1342 |Area= 736 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=023 |Name= Charles Mix |Seat= Lake Andes |Data2= 1862  |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4= [[Charles Eli Mix]], commissioner of Indian Affairs |Population= 9343 |Area= 1098 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=025 |Name= Clark |Seat= Clark |Data2= 1873  |Data3= Hanson County |Data4= Newton Clark (1838-1918), territorial legislator |Population= 3974 |Area= 958 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=027 |Name= Clay |Seat= Vermillion |Data2= 1862  |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4= [[Henry Clay]] (1777 - 1852), [[U.S. Senator]] from [[Kentucky]] and prominent 19th Century political figure |Population= 15245 |Area= 412 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=029 |Name= Codington |Seat= Watertown |Data2= 1877  |Data3= Indian lands |Data4= [[George S. S. Codington]], territorial legislator |Population= 29278 |Area= 688 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=031 |Name= Corson |Seat= McIntosh  |Data2= 1909  |Data3= Indian lands |Data4= [[Dighton Corson]], a Justice of the [[South Dakota Supreme Court]] |Population= 3747 |Area= 2473 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=033 |Name= Custer |Seat= Custer |Data2= 1875  |Data3= Indian lands |Data4= General [[George Armstrong Custer]] (1839 - 1876), key figure in the [[Indian Wars]] |Population= 9330 |Area= 1558 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=035 |Name= Davison |Seat= Mitchell |Data2= 1873  |Data3= Hanson County |Data4= Henry C. Davison (1840-1880), prominent merchant and early settler |Population= 19907 |Area= 436 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=037 |Name= Day |Seat= Webster |Data2= 1879  |Data3= Clark County |Data4= [[Merritt H. Day]], territorial legislator |Population= 5408 |Area= 1029 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=039 |Name= Deuel |Seat= Clear Lake |Data2= 1862  |Data3= Brookings County |Data4= Jacob S. Deuel, territorial legislator |Population= 4335 |Area= 624 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=041 |Name= Dewey |Seat= Timber Lake |Data2= 1873  |Data3= Armstrong County and Indian lands |Data4= William P. Dewey (1833-1905), territorial surveyor-general |Population= 5322 |Area= 2303 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=043 |Name= Douglas |Seat= Armour |Data2= 1873  |Data3= Charles Mix County |Data4= [[Stephen A. Douglas]] (1813 - 1861), U.S. Senator from [[Illinois]] and advocate of [[Popular sovereignty in the United States|popular sovereignty]] as a middle ground in the slavery debate  |Population= 2849 |Area= 434 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=045 |Name= Edmunds |Seat= Ipswich |Data2= 1873  |Data3= Buffalo County |Data4= [[Newton Edmunds]], [[Governors of Dakota Territory|Governor]] of [[Dakota Territory]] |Population= 4027 |Area= 1146 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=047 |Name= Fall River |Seat= Hot Springs |Data2= 1883  |Data3= Custer County |Data4= [[Fall River (South Dakota)|Fall River]] |Population= 7359 |Area= 1740 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=049 |Name= Faulk |Seat= Faulkton |Data2= 1873  |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4= [[Andrew Jackson Faulk]], [[Governors of Dakota Territory|Governor]] of [[Dakota Territory]] |Population= 2136 |Area= 1000 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=051 |Name= Grant |Seat= Milbank |Data2= 1873  |Data3= Codington and Deuel Counties |Data4= [[Ulysses S. Grant]] (1822 - 1885), U.S. President and American Civil War general |Population= 7618 |Area= 682 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=053 |Name= Gregory |Seat= Burke |Data2= 1862  |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4= John Shaw Gregory (1829-1881), territorial legislator |Population= 4110 |Area= 1016 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=055 |Name= Haakon |Seat= Philip |Data2= 1914  |Data3= Stanley County |Data4= [[Haakon VII of Norway|King Haakon VII of Norway]] |Population= 1851 |Area= 1834 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=057 |Name= Hamlin |Seat= Hayti |Data2= 1873  |Data3= Deuel County |Data4= [[Hannibal Hamlin]], Vice-President and United States Senator from [[Maine]] |Population= 6596 |Area= 511 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=059 |Name= Hand |Seat= Miller |Data2= 1873  |Data3= Buffalo County |Data4= George H. Hand (1837-1891), territorial legislator |Population= 3097 |Area= 1437 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=061 |Name= Hanson |Seat= Alexandria |Data2= 1873  |Data3= Buffalo and Deuel Counties |Data4= Joseph R. Hanson (1836-1917), army major in the Indian Wars and early settler |Population= 3477 |Area= 435 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=063 |Name= Harding |Seat= Buffalo |Data2= 1909  |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4= John A. Harding (1832-1902), Speaker of the House for Dakota Territory |Population= 1325 |Area= 2671 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=065 |Name= Hughes |Seat= Pierre |Data2= 1880  |Data3= Buffalo County |Data4= Alexander Hughes (1846-1907), territorial legislator |Population= 17526 |Area= 741 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=067 |Name= Hutchinson |Seat= Olivet |Data2= 1862  |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4= John Hutchinson (1830-1887) territorial legislator |Population= 7416 |Area= 813 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=069 |Name= Hyde |Seat= Highmore |Data2= 1873  |Data3= Buffalo County |Data4= James Hyde (1842–1902), territorial legislator |Population= 1215 |Area= 861 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=071 |Name= Jackson |Seat= Kadoka |Data2= 1914  |Data3= Stanley County |Data4= J.R. Jackson, territorial legislator |Population= 2737 |Area= 1869 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=073 |Name= Jerauld |Seat= Wessington Springs |Data2= 1883  |Data3= Aurora County |Data4= H.J. Jerauld, territorial legislator |Population= 1689 |Area= 530 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=075 |Name= Jones |Seat= Murdo |Data2= 1916  |Data3= Lyman County |Data4= [[George Wallace Jones]], territorial legislator |Population= 874 |Area= 971 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=077 |Name= Kingsbury |Seat= De Smet |Data2= 1873  |Data3= Hanson County |Data4= George W. Kingsbury (1837-1925) and Theodore A. Kingsbury (1844-1889), brothers and territorial legislators |Population= 5261 |Area= 838 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=079 |Name= Lake |Seat= Madison |Data2= 1873  |Data3= Brookings and Hanson counties |Data4= Lakes within the county |Population= 11006 |Area= 563 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=081 |Name= Lawrence |Seat= Deadwood |Data2= 1875  |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4= John Lawrence (1839 -1889), territorial legislator |Population= 28809 |Area= 800 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=083 |Name= Lincoln |Seat= Canton |Data2= 1867  |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4= [[Abraham Lincoln]], the 16th President of the United States,<ref name="HG">{{Cite book |last=Gannett |first=Henry |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ |title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States |publisher=US Government Printing Office |year=1905 |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n186 187]}}</ref> or, possibly, [[Lincoln County, Maine]]. |Population= 75244 |Area= 578 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=085 |Name= Lyman |Seat= Kennebec |Data2= 1873  |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4=W.P. Lyman, territorial legislator |Population= 3721 |Area= 1640 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=091 |Name= Marshall |Seat= Britton |Data2= 1885  |Data3= Day County |Data4= Marshall Vincent, Day County Commissioner |Population= 4395 |Area= 839 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=087 |Name= McCook |Seat= Salem  |Data2= 1873  |Data3= Hanson County |Data4= [[Edwin Stanton McCook|Edwin McCook]], Secretary of Dakota Territory |Population= 5771 |Area= 575 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=089 |Name= McPherson |Seat= Leola |Data2= 1873  |Data3= Buffalo County |Data4= [[James B. McPherson]] (1828 - 1864), Civil War general |Population= 2307 |Area= 1137 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=093 |Name= Meade |Seat= Sturgis |Data2= 1889  |Data3= Lawrence County |Data4= [[George Meade]] (1815 - 1872), Civil War general |Population= 30918 |Area= 3471 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=095 |Name= Mellette |Seat= White River |Data2= 1909  |Data3= Lyman County |Data4= [[Arthur C. Mellette]], first [[Governor of South Dakota]] |Population= 1834 |Area= 1307 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=097 |Name= Miner |Seat= Howard |Data2= 1873  |Data3= Hanson County |Data4= Nelson Miner (1827-1879) and Ephriam Miner (1833-1912), brothers and territorial legislators |Population= 2303 |Area= 570 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=099 |Name= Minnehaha |Seat= Sioux Falls |Data2= 1862  |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4= [[Sioux language|Sioux]] term for waterfall |Population= 208639 |Area= 809 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=101 |Name= Moody |Seat= Flandreau |Data2= 1873  |Data3= Brookings and Minnehaha Counties |Data4= [[Gideon C. Moody]], Speaker of the House for Dakota Territory |Population= 6529 |Area= 520 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=102 |Name= Oglala Lakota |Data2= 1875  |Data3= Fall River County |Data4= [[Oglala|Oglala Lakota]] tribe |Population= 13360 |Area= 2094 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=103 |Name= Pennington |Seat= Rapid City |Data2= 1875  |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4= [[John L. Pennington]] (1829 - 1900), Governor of Dakota Territory |Population= 115979 |Area= 2776 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=105 |Name= Perkins |Seat= Bison |Data2= 1909  |Data3= Butte and Harding Counties |Data4= Henry E. Perkins (1864-1937), state senator |Population= 2832 |Area= 2872 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=107 |Name= Potter |Seat= Gettysburg |Data2= 1875  |Data3= Buffalo County |Data4= Joel A. Potter (1830-1895), territorial legislator |Population= 2402 |Area= 866 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=109 |Name= Roberts |Seat= Sisseton |Data2= 1883  |Data3= Grant County |Data4= Samuel G. Roberts (b.1843), territorial legislator |Population= 10283 |Area= 1101 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=111 |Name= Sanborn |Seat= Woonsocket |Data2= 1883  |Data3= Miner County |Data4= George W. Sanborn (1832-1905), president of the [[Milwaukee Railroad]] |Population= 2392 |Area= 569 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=115 |Name= Spink |Seat= Redfield |Data2= 1873  |Data3= Hanson County |Data4= [[Solomon L. Spink|Solomon Spink]], Secretary of Dakota Territory |Population= 6108 |Area= 1504 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=117 |Name= Stanley |Seat= Fort Pierre |Data2= 1873  |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4= [[David S. Stanley]], commander of [[Fort Sully (South Dakota)|Fort Sully]] |Population= 3015 |Area= 1443 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=119 |Name= Sully |Seat= Onida |Data2= 1873  |Data3= Potter County |Data4= [[Fort Sully (South Dakota)|Fort Sully]], itself named after General [[Alfred Sully]] |Population= 1468 |Area= 1007 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=121 |Name= Todd |Data2= 1909  |Data3= Meyer and Tripp Counties |Data4= [[John Blair Smith Todd]], territorial delegate to Congress |Population= 9172 |Area= 1388 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=123 |Name= Tripp |Seat= Winner |Data2= 1873  |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4= [[Bartlett Tripp]], Chief Justice of the Dakota Territorial Supreme Court |Population= 5717 |Area= 1614 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=125 |Name= Turner |Seat= Parker |Data2= 1871  |Data3= Lincoln County |Data4= [[John W. Turner]], territorial legislator |Population= 9087 |Area= 617 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=127 |Name= Union |Seat= Elk Point |Data2= 1862  |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4= The union of the American states |Population= 17402 |Area= 460 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=129 |Name= Walworth |Seat= Selby |Data2= 1873  |Data3= Buffalo County |Data4= [[Walworth County, Wisconsin]], itself named for [[Reuben H. Walworth|Reuben Walworth]]|Population= 5270 |Area= 708 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=135 |Name= Yankton |Seat= Yankton |Data2= 1862  |Data3= Unorganized territory |Data4= [[Yankton Sioux]] Native Americans |Population= 23509 |Area= 522 |Size=150px }}
{{Countyrow |N=46| Num=137 |Name= Ziebach |Seat= Dupree |Data2= 1911  |Data3= Armstrong, Schnasse, and Sterling Counties |Data4= [[Frank M. Ziebach]], publisher and army major during the Indian Wars |Population= 2418 |Area= 1962 |Size=150px }}
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== Former names ==
* Shannon County: renamed Oglala Lakota County in 2015
* Boreman County: Renamed Corson County in 1909
* Mandan County: Renamed Lawrence County

== Former counties ==
* [[Armstrong County, South Dakota|Armstrong County]] (1883–1952): Created by Dakota Territory as Pyatt County in 1883 from Cheyenne, Rusk (Dewey), and Stanley Counties. Renamed Armstrong in 1895. The western half was annexed to form part of the second Ziebach County, in 1911.  The remainder was annexed into Dewey in 1952.
* Ashmore County
* Big Sioux County
* Bramble County   
* Bruguier County
* Burchard County
* Burdick County
* Cheyenne County
* Choteau County: Abolished when it merged into Perkins County along with Martin, Rinehart and Wagner Counties.
* Cole County: organized in 1862, was named for Austin Cole, who was a member of the first Territorial Legislature. Two years later, the boundaries were rearranged and the name changed to Union because of sentiment for the Union side of the civil war. 
* Cragin County
* Delano County: Absorbed by Meade County
* [[Ewing County, South Dakota|Ewing County]]  (1889–1890):  Created upon statehood.  Abolished one year later, when it became the northern half of Harding County.
* Forsythe County
* Greely County, South Dakota
* Jayne County
* [[Lugenbeel County, South Dakota|Lugenbeel County]] (1875–1909): Created by Dakota Territory from unorganized lands and Meyer and Pratt Counties in 1875. Abolished in 1909 when it became part of Bennett and Todd Counties.
* Martin County: Abolished when it merged into Perkins County along with Choteau, Rinehart and Wagner Counties.
* Meyer County
* Midway County
* Mills County
* [[Nowlin County, South Dakota|Nowlin County]] (1883–1898): Created by Dakota Territory in 1883 from Cheyenne and White River Counties. Abolished in 1898 when it became part of Haakon County.
* Presho County: Absorbed by Lyman County
* [[Pyatt County, South Dakota|Pyatt County]] (1883–1895): Created by Dakota Territory from unorganized lands in 1883. Renamed Armstrong in 1895. Later divided between the revived Ziebach County and Dewey County.
* Rinehart County: Abolished when it merged into Perkins County along with Choteau, Martin, and Wagner Counties.
* Rusk County
* [[Schnasse County, South Dakota|Schnasse County]] (1883–1911): Created by Dakota Territory from unorganized lands and part of Boreman County in 1883. Later absorbed into Boreman and the revived Ziebach Counties
* Scobey County: Absorbed by Meade County
* [[Sterling County, South Dakota|Sterling County]] (1883–1911): Created by Dakota Territory from Cheyenne County. Abolished in 1911 when it became part of Haakon and Ziebach Counties
* Stone County
* Thompson County 
* Wagner County: Abolished when it merged into Perkins County along with Choteau, Martin, and Rinehart Counties.
* [[Washabaugh County, South Dakota|Washabaugh County]] (1883–1983): South Dakota's most recent county to be eliminated. Created by Dakota Territory in 1883. Abolished in 1983 when it was merged with Jackson County.
* [[Washington County, South Dakota|Washington County]] (1888–1943): Abolished in 1943 when it was divided between Pennington and Shannon Counties.
*  Wetmore County
*  White River County
*  Wood County
* [[Ziebach County, South Dakota|Ziebach County]] (1889–1890):  Created in 1889, upon statehood.  Abolished in 1890, becoming the eastern portion of Pennington County.  The name was revived in 1911, when a second Ziebach County was created from parts of Sterling, Schnasse and Pyatt Counties.

== Population density map ==
[[Image:South Dakota.png|center|Map showing the density of South Dakota's counties]]
Darker colors indicate heavier density.

==See also==
* [[List of US counties]]

== References ==
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* {{Cite web |last=Long |first=John H. |year=2006 |title=Dakota Territory, South Dakota, and North Dakota: Individual County Chronologies |url=http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/North_Dakota/documents/DAKs_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111113432/http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/North_Dakota/documents/DAKs_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm |archive-date=November 11, 2007 |website=Dakota Territory Atlas of Historical County Boundaries |publisher=The Newberry Library |df=mdy-all}}
* {{Cite web |last=Long |first=John H. |year=2006 |title=South Dakota: Consolidated Chronology of State and County Boundaries |url=http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/South_Dakota/documents/SD_Consolidated_Chronology.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100727044547/http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/South_Dakota/documents/SD_Consolidated_Chronology.htm |archive-date=July 27, 2010 |website=South Dakota Atlas of Historical County Boundaries |publisher=The Newberry Library |df=mdy-all}}
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite web |last1=writer |first1=Statf |author-link1= |collaboration= |df= |year=2022 |location= |title=SOUTH DAKOTA COUNTY GOVERNMENT OVERVIEW |url=https://ce.naco.org//app/profiles/CountyGov/CountyGov_46000.pdf |url-access= |format= |department= |website=ce.naco.org |type= |language= |edition= |agency=National Association of Counties (NACo) |arxiv= |asin= |asin-tld= |bibcode= |bibcode-access= |biorxiv= |citeseerx= |doi= |doi-access= |doi-broken-date= |eissn= |hdl= |hdl-access= |isbn= |ismn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |jstor-access= |lccn= |medrxiv= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |ol-access= |osti= |osti-access= |pmc= |pmc-embargo-date= |pmid= |rfc= |sbn= |ssrn= |s2cid= |s2cid-access= |zbl= |id= |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-format= |archive-date= |access-date=January 3, 2025 |quote-page= |quote-pages= |quote= |ref= }}

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