South Dakota Counties Selection List | |||||||
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| County | Date Formed | Parent County or Counties |
County Seat | Contact |
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| Aurora | 1879 | Brule | Plankinton | Adoptable County |
| Beadle | 1879 | Spink, Clark | Huron | Adoptable County |
| Bennett | 1909 | Indian Lands | Martin | Adoptable County |
| Bon Homme | 1862 | Charles Mix | Tyndall | Adoptable County |
| Brookings | 1862 | Dakota Territory | Brookings | Bob Jenkins |
| Brown | 1879 | Beadle | Aberdeen | Linda Ziemann |
| Brule | 1875 | Dakota Territory | Chamberlain | Adoptable County |
| Buffalo | 1873 | Dakota Territory | Gannvalley | Lynette Trainer, Assist. CC Linda Ziemann, CC |
| Butte | 1883 | Harding | Belle Fourche | Adoptable County |
| Campbell | 1873 | Buffalo | Mound City | Adoptable County |
| Charles Mix | 1862 | Dakota Territory | Lake Andes | Adoptable County |
| Clark | 1873 | Hanson | Clark | Adoptable County |
| Clay | 1862 | Dakota Territory | Vermillion | Linda Ziemann |
| Codington | 1877 | Indian Lands | Watertown | Adoptable County |
| Corson | 1909 | Indian Lands | McIntosh | Adoptable County |
| Custer | 1875 | Indian Lands | Custer | Linda Simpson |
| Davison | 1873 | Hanson | Mitchell | Adoptable County |
| Day | 1879 | Clark | Webster | Elliot Huntington |
| Deuel | 1873 | Brookings | Clear Lake | Adoptable County |
| Dewey | 1873, 1910 | Indian Lands, Armstrong | Timber Lake | Adoptable County |
| Douglas | 1873 | Charles Mix | Armour | Adoptable County |
| Edmunds | 1873 | Buffalo | Ipswich | Adoptable County |
| Fall River | 1883 | Custer | Hot Springs | Adoptable County |
| Faulk | 1873 | Dakota Territory | Faulkton | Mary Buchholz |
| Grant | 1873 | Codington, Deuel | Milbank | Adoptable County |
| Gregory | 1862 | Yankton | Burke | Joe Thurstenson, Researcher Linda Ziemann, Coordinator |
| Haakon | 1914 | Stanley | Philip | Adoptable County |
| Hamlin | 1873 | Deuel | Hayti | Adoptable County |
| Hand | 1873 | Buffalo | Miller | Lynette Trainer, Assist. CC Linda Ziemann, CC |
| Hanson | 1871 | Buffalo, Deuel | Alexandria | Adoptable County |
| Harding | 1909 | Dakota Territory | Buffalo | Mary Buchholz |
| Hughes | 1874 | Buffalo | Pierre | Bob Jenkins |
| Hutchinson | 1862 | Dakota Territory | Olivet | Bob Jenkins |
| Hyde | 1873 | Buffalo | Highmore | Adoptable County |
| Jackson | 1914 | Stanley | Kadoka | Adoptable County |
| Jerauld | 1883 | Aurora | Wessington Springs | Barb Buchner |
| Jones | 1916 | Lyman | Murdo | Adoptable County |
| Kingsbury | 1873 | Hanson | De Smet | Nancy Russell Anderson |
| Lake | 1873 | Brookings, Hanson | Madison | Adoptable County |
| Lawrence | 1875 | Dakota Territory | Deadwood | Adoptable County |
| Lincoln | 1862 | Minnehaha | Canton | Linda Simpson |
| Lyman | 1873 | Dakota Territory | Kennebec | Bob Jenkins |
| Marshall | 1885 | Day | Britton | Adoptable County |
| McCook | 1873 | Hanson | Salem | Adoptable County |
| McPherson | 1873 | Buffalo | Leola | Adoptable County |
| Meade | 1889 | Lawrence | Sturgis | Adoptable County |
| Mellette | 1909 | Lyman | White River | Adoptable County |
| Miner | 1873 | Hanson | Howard | Lynette Trainer, Assist. CC Linda Ziemann, CC |
| Minnehaha | 1862 | Dakota Territory | Sioux Falls | Linda Ziemann |
| Moody | 1873 | Minnehaha, Brookings | Flandreau | Bob Jenkins |
| Oglala Lakota formerly Shannon Co. | 1875 | Fall River | Hot Springs (Shares County Seat with Fall River County) | Linda Simpson |
| Pennington | 1875 | Dakota Territory | Rapid City | Rebecca Maloney |
| Perkins | 1909 | Harding, Butte | Bison | Adoptable County |
| Potter | 1875 | Buffalo | Gettysburg | Adoptable County |
| Roberts | 1883 | Grant | Sisseton | Adoptable County |
| Sanborn | 1883 | Miner | Woonsocket | Chris Dierks, Coordinator Kari Dierks, Assistant |
| Spink | 1873 | Hanson | Redfield | John Schulte |
| Stanley | 1873 | Dakota Territory | Fort Pierre | Adoptable County |
| Sully | 1873 | Potter | Onida | Adoptable County |
| Todd | 1909 | ? | Winner (Shares County Seat with Tripp County) | Adoptable County |
| Tripp | 1873 | Dakota Territory | Winner | Adoptable County |
| Turner | 1871 | Lincoln | Parker | Linda Ziemann |
| Union | 1862 | Dakota Territory | Elk Point | Linda Ziemann |
| Walworth | 1873 | Buffalo | Selby | Linda Ziemann |
| Yankton | 1862 | Dakota Territory | Yankton | Adoptable County |
| Ziebach | 1911 | Schnasse, Sterling, Armstrong | Dupree | David Gochenour |
*~* Last update 11/9/2024 by Linda Ziemann, SDGenWeb State Coordinator
SDGenWeb 2024
SDGenWeb State Coordinator -Linda Ziemann
SDGenWeb Assistant State Coordinator -Bob Jenkins