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Welcome to Brookings
County SDGenWeb
The sod house is the first home of
Thomas and Bridget Towey on their farm in
Elkton, SD.
They built this sod house in 1882. The family
from left to right: Michael, Thomas (holding his
son Tom),
Bridget, James, William, Mary.
My name is
Bob
Jenkins and I am the Brookings
County
Coordinator.
We have many genealogical
resources available here.
We would appreciate
any contributions you would like
to make to
this site.
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Brookings
County Data
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Brief
History:
The county was founded
April 5, 1862, and was named for Wilmot
Wood Brookings (1830-1905), a
politician and pioneer of
southeastern South Dakota. Medary was the
first county seat, from 1871 to 1879,
when it was moved to the city of
Brookings.
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