List of counties in South Dakota Information & List of counties in South Dakota Links at HealthHaven.com

There are 66 counties in the U.S. state of South Dakota with FIPS codes, and includes an outline map of the state and a map showing the population density of the counties.

South Dakota's postal abbreviation is SD and its FIPS state code is 46.

[edit] Table of counties

County	FIPS Code ^[1]	County seat ^[2]	Established ^[2]	Formed from	Etymology	Population ^[2]	Area ^[2]
Aurora County	003	Plankinton	1881	Cragin and Wetmore counties	Aurora, Roman goddess of dawn	&0000000000003058.0000003,058	&0000000000000708.000000708 sq mi (&0000000000001834.0000001,834 km²)
Beadle County	005	Huron	1879	Buchard, Clark, Kingsbury, and Spink counties	William Henry Harrison Beadle	&0000000000017023.00000017,023	&0000000000001259.0000001,259 sq mi (&0000000000003261.0000003,261 km²)
Bennett County	007	Martin	1909	Lugenbeel, Shannon, Washabaugh, and Washington counties	Granville G. Bennett, justice of the Supreme Court for the Dakota Territory	&0000000000003574.0000003,574	&0000000000001185.0000001,185 sq mi (&0000000000003069.0000003,069 km²)
Bon Homme County	009	Tyndall	1862	Unorganized territory	French word meaning "good man"	&0000000000007260.0000007,260	&0000000000000563.000000563 sq mi (&0000000000001458.0000001,458 km²)
Brookings County	011	Brookings	1862	Unorganized territory	Wilmot Brookings, pioneer judge	&0000000000028220.00000028,220	&0000000000000794.000000794 sq mi (&0000000000002056.0000002,056 km²)
Brown County	013	Aberdeen	1879	Beadle County	Alfred Brown, territorial legislator	&0000000000035460.00000035,460	&0000000000001713.0000001,713 sq mi (&0000000000004437.0000004,437 km²)
Brule County	015	Chamberlain	1875	Charles Mix County	Brulé Sioux Native Americans	&0000000000005364.0000005,364	&0000000000000819.000000819 sq mi (&0000000000002121.0000002,121 km²)
Buffalo County	017	Gann Valley	1873	Unorganized territory	American Bison	&0000000000002032.0000002,032	&0000000000000471.000000471 sq mi (&0000000000001220.0000001,220 km²)
Butte County	019	Belle Fourche	1883	Harding	Buttes in the region	&0000000000009094.0000009,094	&0000000000002249.0000002,249 sq mi (&0000000000005825.0000005,825 km²)
Campbell County	021	Mound City	1873	Buffalo	Newton B. Campbell, territorial legislator	&0000000000001782.0000001,782	&0000000000000736.000000736 sq mi (&0000000000001906.0000001,906 km²)
Charles Mix County	023	Lake Andes	1862	Unorganized territory	Charles E Mix, commisioner of Indian Affairs	&0000000000009350.0000009,350	&0000000000001098.0000001,098 sq mi (&0000000000002844.0000002,844 km²)
Clark County	025	Clark	1873	Hanson	Newton Clark, territorial legislator	&0000000000004143.0000004,143	&0000000000000958.000000958 sq mi (&0000000000002481.0000002,481 km²)
Clay County	027	Vermillion	1862	Unorganized territory	Henry Clay	&0000000000013537.00000013,537	&0000000000000412.000000412 sq mi (&0000000000001067.0000001,067 km²)
Codington County	029	Watertown	1877	Indian lands	Reverend G.S. Codington	&0000000000025897.00000025,897	&0000000000000688.000000688 sq mi (&0000000000001782.0000001,782 km²)
Corson County	031	McIntosh	1909	Indian lands	Dighton Corson, a Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court	&0000000000004181.0000004,181	&0000000000002473.0000002,473 sq mi (&0000000000006405.0000006,405 km²)
Custer County	033	Custer	1875	Indian lands	General George Armstrong Custer	&0000000000007275.0000007,275	&0000000000001558.0000001,558 sq mi (&0000000000004035.0000004,035 km²)
Davison County	035	Mitchell	1873	Hanson	Henry C. Davison, early resident of county	&0000000000018741.00000018,741	&0000000000000436.000000436 sq mi (&0000000000001129.0000001,129 km²)
Day County	037	Webster	1879	Clark	Merrit H. Day, territorial legislator	&0000000000006267.0000006,267	&0000000000001029.0000001,029 sq mi (&0000000000002665.0000002,665 km²)
Deuel County	039	Clear Lake	1862	Brookings	Jacob S. Deuel, pioneer legislator	&0000000000004498.0000004,498	&0000000000000624.000000624 sq mi (&0000000000001616.0000001,616 km²)
Dewey County	041	Timber Lake	1873	Armstrong County and Indian lands	William P. Dewey, territorial surveyor-general	&0000000000005972.0000005,972	&0000000000002303.0000002,303 sq mi (&0000000000005965.0000005,965 km²)
Douglas County	043	Armour	1873	Charles Mix	Stephen A. Douglas	&0000000000003458.0000003,458	&0000000000000434.000000434 sq mi (&0000000000001124.0000001,124 km²)
Edmunds County	045	Ipswich	1873	Buffalo	Newton Edmunds, Governor of Dakota Territory	&0000000000004367.0000004,367	&0000000000001146.0000001,146 sq mi (&0000000000002968.0000002,968 km²)
Fall River County	047	Hot Springs	1883	Custer	Fall River	&0000000000007453.0000007,453	&0000000000001740.0000001,740 sq mi (&0000000000004507.0000004,507 km²)
Faulk County	049	Faulkton	1873	Unorganized lands	Andrew Jackson Faulk, Governor of Dakota Territory	&0000000000002640.0000002,640	&0000000000001000.0000001,000 sq mi (&0000000000002590.0000002,590 km²)
Grant County	051	Milbank	1873	Codington and Deuel counties	Ulysses S. Grant, U.S. President and American Civil War general	&0000000000007847.0000007,847	&0000000000000682.000000682 sq mi (&0000000000001766.0000001,766 km²)
Gregory County	053	Burke	1862	Unorganized territory	John Shaw Gregory, territorial legislator	&0000000000004792.0000004,792	&0000000000001016.0000001,016 sq mi (&0000000000002631.0000002,631 km²)
Haakon County	055	Philip	1914	Stanley County	King Haakon VII of Norway	&0000000000002196.0000002,196	&0000000000001813.0000001,813 sq mi (&0000000000004696.0000004,696 km²)
Hamlin County	057	Hayti	1873	Deuel County	Hannibal Hamlin, Vice-President and United States Senator	&0000000000005540.0000005,540	&0000000000000511.000000511 sq mi (&0000000000001323.0000001,323 km²)
Hand County	059	Miller	1873	Buffalo County	George H. Hand, territorial official	&0000000000003741.0000003,741	&0000000000001437.0000001,437 sq mi (&0000000000003722.0000003,722 km²)
Hanson County	061	Alexandria	1873	Buffalo and Deuel counties	Joseph R. Hanson	&0000000000003139.0000003,139	&0000000000000435.000000435 sq mi (&0000000000001127.0000001,127 km²)
Harding County	063	Buffalo	1909	Unorganized lands	J.A. Harding	&0000000000001353.0000001,353	&0000000000002671.0000002,671 sq mi (&0000000000006918.0000006,918 km²)
Hughes County	065	Pierre	1880	Buffalo County	Alexander Hughes	&0000000000016481.00000016,481	&0000000000000741.000000741 sq mi (&0000000000001919.0000001,919 km²)
Hutchinson County	067	Olivet	1862	Unorganized territory	John Hutchinson	&0000000000008075.0000008,075	&0000000000000813.000000813 sq mi (&0000000000002106.0000002,106 km²)
Hyde County	069	Highmore	1873	Buffalo County	James Hyde	&0000000000001671.0000001,671	&0000000000000861.000000861 sq mi (&0000000000002230.0000002,230 km²)
Jackson County	071	Kadoka	1914	Stanley County	J.R. Jackson	&0000000000002930.0000002,930	&0000000000001869.0000001,869 sq mi (&0000000000004841.0000004,841 km²)
Jerauld County	073	Wessington Springs	1883	Aurora County	H.A. Jerauld	&0000000000002295.0000002,295	&0000000000000530.000000530 sq mi (&0000000000001373.0000001,373 km²)
Jones County	075	Murdo	1916	Lyman County	Jones County Iowa	&0000000000001193.0000001,193	&0000000000000971.000000971 sq mi (&0000000000002515.0000002,515 km²)
Kingsbury County	077	De Smet	1873	Hanson County	George W. Kingsbury and T.A. Kingsbury	&0000000000005815.0000005,815	&0000000000000838.000000838 sq mi (&0000000000002170.0000002,170 km²)
Lake County	079	Madison	1873	Brookings and Hanson counties	lakes within the county	&0000000000011276.00000011,276	&0000000000000563.000000563 sq mi (&0000000000001458.0000001,458 km²)
Lawrence County	081	Deadwood	1875	Unorganized territory	John Lawrence	&0000000000021802.00000021,802	&0000000000000800.000000800 sq mi (&0000000000002072.0000002,072 km²)
Lincoln County	083	Canton	1867	Unorganized territory	Abraham Lincoln	&0000000000024131.00000024,131	&0000000000000578.000000578 sq mi (&0000000000001497.0000001,497 km²)
Lyman County	085	Kennebec	1873	Unorganized territory	W.P. Lyman	&0000000000003895.0000003,895	&0000000000001640.0000001,640 sq mi (&0000000000004248.0000004,248 km²)
Marshall County	091	Britton	1885	Day County	Marshall Vincent	&0000000000004576.0000004,576	&0000000000000839.000000839 sq mi (&0000000000002173.0000002,173 km²)
McCook County	087	Salem	1873	Hanson County	Edwin McCook	&0000000000005832.0000005,832	&0000000000000575.000000575 sq mi (&0000000000001489.0000001,489 km²)
McPherson County	089	Leola	1873	Buffalo County	James B. McPherson	&0000000000002904.0000002,904	&0000000000001137.0000001,137 sq mi (&0000000000002945.0000002,945 km²)
Meade County	093	Sturgis	1889	Lawrence County	George Meade	&0000000000024253.00000024,253	&0000000000003471.0000003,471 sq mi (&0000000000008990.0000008,990 km²)
Mellette County	095	White River	1909	Lyman County	Arthur C. Mellette	&0000000000002083.0000002,083	&0000000000001307.0000001,307 sq mi (&0000000000003385.0000003,385 km²)
Miner County	097	Howard	1873	Hanson County	Nelson Miner and Ephriam Miner	&0000000000002884.0000002,884	&0000000000000570.000000570 sq mi (&0000000000001476.0000001,476 km²)
Minnehaha County	099	Sioux Falls	1862	Unorganized territory	Native American for waterfall	&0000000000148281.000000148,281	&0000000000000809.000000809 sq mi (&0000000000002095.0000002,095 km²)
Moody County	101	Flandreau	1873	Brookings and Minnehaha counties	Gideon C. Moody	&0000000000006595.0000006,595	&0000000000000520.000000520 sq mi (&0000000000001347.0000001,347 km²)
Pennington County	103	Rapid City	1875	Unorganized territory	John L. Pennington	&0000000000088565.00000088,565	&0000000000002776.0000002,776 sq mi (&0000000000007190.0000007,190 km²)
Perkins County	105	Bison	1909	Butte and Harding counties	Henry E. Perkins	&0000000000003363.0000003,363	&0000000000002872.0000002,872 sq mi (&0000000000007438.0000007,438 km²)
Potter County	107	Gettysburg	1875	Buffalo County	Joel A. Potter	&0000000000002693.0000002,693	&0000000000000866.000000866 sq mi (&0000000000002243.0000002,243 km²)
Roberts County	109	Sisseton	1883	Grant County	S.G. Roberts	&0000000000010016.00000010,016	&0000000000001101.0000001,101 sq mi (&0000000000002852.0000002,852 km²)
Sanborn County	111	Woonsocket	1883	Miner County	George W. Sanborn	&0000000000002675.0000002,675	&0000000000000569.000000569 sq mi (&0000000000001474.0000001,474 km²)
Shannon County	113	Hot Springs	1875	Fall River County	Peter Shannon	&0000000000012466.00000012,466	&0000000000002094.0000002,094 sq mi (&0000000000005423.0000005,423 km²)
Spink County	115	Redfield	1873	Hanson County	S.L. Spink	&0000000000007454.0000007,454	&0000000000001504.0000001,504 sq mi (&0000000000003895.0000003,895 km²)
Stanley County	117	Fort Pierre	1873	Unorganized territory	David S. Stanley	&0000000000002772.0000002,772	&0000000000001443.0000001,443 sq mi (&0000000000003737.0000003,737 km²)
Sully County	119	Onida	1873	Potter County	Alfred Sully	&0000000000001556.0000001,556	&0000000000001007.0000001,007 sq mi (&0000000000002608.0000002,608 km²)
Todd County	121	Winner	1909	Meyer and Tripp counties	John Blair Smith Todd	&0000000000009050.0000009,050	&0000000000001388.0000001,388 sq mi (&0000000000003595.0000003,595 km²)
Tripp County	123	Winner	1873	Unorganized territory	Bartlett Tripp	&0000000000006430.0000006,430	&0000000000001614.0000001,614 sq mi (&0000000000004180.0000004,180 km²)
Turner County	125	Parker	1871	Lincoln County	John W. Turner	&0000000000008849.0000008,849	&0000000000000617.000000617 sq mi (&0000000000001598.0000001,598 km²)
Union County	127	Elk Point	1862	Unorganized territory	pro-Union people during the civil war	&0000000000012584.00000012,584	&0000000000000460.000000460 sq mi (&0000000000001191.0000001,191 km²)
Walworth County	129	Selby	1873	Buffalo County	Walworth County Wisconsin	&0000000000005974.0000005,974	&0000000000000708.000000708 sq mi (&0000000000001834.0000001,834 km²)
Yankton County	135	Yankton	1862	Unorganized territory	Yankton Sioux Native Americans	&0000000000021652.00000021,652	&0000000000000522.000000522 sq mi (&0000000000001352.0000001,352 km²)
Ziebach County	137	Dupree	1911	Armstrong, Schnasse, and Sterling counties	Frank M. Ziebach	&0000000000002519.0000002,519	&0000000000001962.0000001,962 sq mi (&0000000000005082.0000005,082 km²)

[edit] Former Counties

Armstrong County Organized from Unorganized lands in 1873, dissolved into Hutchinson in 1879, re-organized from Pratt County in 1895, dissolved into Dewey, Haakon, and Ziebach in 1952
Boreman County Organized from Unorganized lands and Campbell County in 1873, abolished in 1909, became part of Corson County
Bramble County Organized from Unorganized lands in 1873, dissolved into Miner County in 1879
Burchard County
Cragin County Organized from Unorganized lands in 1873, became Aurora County in 1881
Greeley County
Lugenbeel County Organized from Unorganized lands, Meyer and Pratt Counties in 1875; abolished in 1909, became part of Bennett and Todd Counties
Mills County
Nowlin County (??-??)
Pratt County (??-??)
Schnasse County (??-??)
Sterling County (??-??)
Stone County
Thompson County
Washabaugh County Formed from Lugenbeel County in 1883, annexed into Jackson County in 1983.
Wetmore County Organized from Unorganized lands in 1873, dissolved to form Aurora County in 1881, reformed as Jerauld County in 1883.
Wood County

[edit] Population density map

Map showing the density of South Dakota's counties

Darker colors indicate heavier density.

[edit] References

^ "EPA County FIPS Code Listing". EPA.gov. http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/codes/sd.html. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d National Association of Counties. "NACo - Find a county". http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/state.cfm&state.cfm&statecode=SD. Retrieved 2008-05-01.

[FIPS-0] "EPA County FIPS Code Listing". EPA.gov. http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/codes/sd.html. Retrieved 2008-05-01.

[NACO-1] National Association of Counties. "NACo - Find a county". http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/state.cfm&state.cfm&statecode=SD. Retrieved 2008-05-01.

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Contents

[edit] Table of counties

[edit] Former Counties

[edit] Population density map

[edit] References