Land area: 75,898 sq. mi. (16)
Population (2000): 754,844 (46)
Population density: 9.95 per sq. mi. (46)
U.S. Representatives (2003-12): 1
Entered Union: 2-Nov-1889 (40)
I didn’t see much of anything in South Dakota until I got past Wall Drug. And it wasn’t the ice water that opened my eyes. It was the Badlands. Okay, so you can’t grow crops there, but that makes it even better to look at. Mount Rushmore is impressive, too. I just wish I had been able to get a little closer to the Crazy Horse monument a few miles away, just north of Custer. Will it ever be completed? Check this page in about a hundred years ...
No. of Counties I've Visited: 30 of 66
| County |
Pop. (2000) |
Latest Visit | |
County Seat |
Visited? |
| Aurora |
3,058 |
| |
Plankinton |
|
| Beadle |
17,023 |
| |
Huron |
|
| Bennett |
3,574 |
9-Oct-2007 | |
Martin |
yes |
| Bon Homme |
7,260 |
| |
Tyndall |
|
Brookings |
28,220 |
8-Aug-2005 | |
Brookings |
yes |
| Brown |
35,460 |
| |
Aberdeen |
|
| Brule |
5,364 |
| |
Chamberlain |
|
| Buffalo |
2,032 |
| |
Gannvalley |
|
| Butte |
9,094 |
| |
Belle Fourche |
|
| Campbell |
1,782 |
9-Aug-1995 | |
Mound City |
yes |
| Charles Mix |
9,350 |
| |
Lake Andes |
|
| Clark |
4,143 |
| |
Clark |
|
| Clay |
13,537 |
11-Aug-2005 | |
Vermillion |
yes |
| Codington |
25,897 |
8-Aug-2005 | |
Watertown |
yes |
| Corson |
4,181 |
| |
McIntosh |
|
| Custer |
7,275 |
10-Aug-1995 | |
Custer |
yes |
| Davison |
18,741 |
| |
Mitchell |
|
| Day |
6,267 |
| |
Webster |
|
| Deuel |
4,498 |
8-Aug-2005 | |
Clear Lake |
|
| Dewey |
5,972 |
| |
Timber Lake |
|
| Douglas |
3,458 |
| |
Armour |
|
| Edmunds |
4,367 |
| |
Ipswich |
|
| Fall River |
7,453 |
9-Oct-2007 | |
Hot Springs |
|
| Faulk |
2,640 |
| |
Faulkton |
|
| Grant |
7,847 |
8-Aug-2005 | |
Milbank |
yes |
| Gregory |
4,792 |
| |
Burke |
|
| Haakon |
2,196 |
10-Aug-1995 | |
Philip |
yes |
| Hamlin |
5,540 |
8-Aug-2005 | |
Hayti |
|
| Hand |
3,741 |
| |
Miller |
|
| Hanson |
3,139 |
| |
Alexandria |
|
| Harding |
1,353 |
| |
Buffalo |
|
| Hughes |
16,481 |
10-Aug-1995 | |
Pierre |
yes |
| Hutchinson |
8,075 |
11-Aug-2005 | |
Olivet |
|
| Hyde |
1,671 |
| |
Highmore |
|
| Jackson |
2,930 |
10-Aug-1995 | |
Kadoka |
|
| Jerauld |
2,295 |
| |
Wessington Springs |
|
| Jones |
1,193 |
| |
Murdo |
|
| Kingsbury |
5,815 |
| |
DeSmet |
|
| Lake |
11,276 |
| |
Madison |
|
| Lawrence |
21,802 |
| |
Deadwood |
|
| Lincoln |
24,131 |
8-Aug-2005 | |
Canton |
|
| Lyman |
3,895 |
| |
Kennebec |
|
| McCook |
5,832 |
8-Aug-2005 | |
Salem |
|
| McPherson |
2,904 |
| |
Leola |
|
| Marshall |
4,576 |
| |
Britton |
|
| Meade |
24,253 |
| |
Sturgis |
|
| Mellette |
2,083 |
9-Oct-2007 | |
White River |
yes |
| Miner |
2,884 |
| |
Howard |
|
| Minnehaha |
148,281 |
11-Aug-2005 | |
Sioux Falls |
yes |
| Moody |
6,595 |
8-Aug-2005 | |
Flandreau |
|
| Pennington |
88,565 |
10-Aug-1995 | |
Rapid City |
yes |
| Perkins |
3,363 |
| |
Bison |
|
| Potter |
2,693 |
9-Aug-1995 | |
Gettysburg |
yes |
| Roberts |
10,016 |
8-Aug-2005 | |
Sisseton |
|
| Sanborn |
2,675 |
| |
Woonsocket |
|
| Shannon |
12,466 |
9-Oct-2007 | |
|
|
| Spink |
7,454 |
| |
Redfield |
|
| Stanley |
2,772 |
10-Aug-1995 | |
Fort Pierre |
yes |
| Sully |
1,556 |
9-Aug-1995 | |
Onida |
yes |
| Todd |
9,050 |
9-Oct-2007 | |
|
|
| Tripp |
6,430 |
| |
Winner |
|
| Turner |
8,849 |
11-Aug-2005 | |
Parker |
|
| Union |
12,584 |
8-Aug-2005 | |
Elk Point |
|
| Walworth |
5,974 |
9-Aug-1995 | |
Selby |
yes |
| Yankton |
21,652 |
11-Aug-2005 | |
Yankton |
|
| Ziebach |
2,519 |
| |
Dupree |
|
Note: Neither Shannon nor Todd county has a seat. Each county is composed entirely of Native American tribal lands.
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