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CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF COUNTY
1883-1908

06 March 1883 Butte created by Dakota Territory in present South Dakota from Lawrence and Mandan  (Dakota Territory, extinct); Butte not fully organized, not attached. 23 July 1883 Butte fully organized. 28 February 1889 Butte gained from Harding. 02 November 1889 Butte became a county in the sate of South Dakota. 07 March 1890 Choteau (extinct), Delano (extinct), Martin (extinct), Rinehart (extinct), and Wagner (extinct) detached from Lawrence, attached to Butte. Ewing (extinct) and Harding attached to Butte. All attachments were for the levy of collection of taxes therein. 06 November 1894 Butte gained from Choteau (extinct), Delano (extinct), Harding, and Scobey (extinct). Ewing eliminated, ending its attachment to Butte. 11 March 1895 Delano (extinct) detached from Butte, attached to Meade for judicial purposes. Attachment of Choteau (extinct), Harding, Martin (extinct), Rinehart (extinct), and Wagner (extinct) to Butte for judicial purposes was confirmed. 08 November 1898 Butte gained most of Choteau and Rinehart, and gained all of Harding, Martin, and Wagner. Choteau, Harding, Martin Rinehart, and Wagner all eliminiated, ending all attachments to Butte. 03 November 1908 Butte lost to re-creation of Harding, and lost to creation of Perkins.

Transcribed by Lynn Diemer-Mathews and uploaded December 13, 2025.