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South Dakota Counties
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South Dakota Counties
South Dakota (/ˌsɑʊθ dəˈkoʊtə/) is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after
the Lakota and Dakota (Sioux) American Indian tribes. South Dakota was admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889. (North
Dakota was admitted simultaneously.) The centrally located city of Pierre serves as the state capital, and Sioux Falls,
with 150,000 people, is the largest city in the state.
Located in the north-central United States, South Dakota is bisected by the Missouri River, dividing the state into two
socially and economically distinct halves, known to residents as "West River" and "East River". Rich soil in the eastern
part of the state is used to grow a variety of crops, while ranching is the predominant agricultural activity in the
west. In the southwestern portion of the state rise the Black Hills, a group of low, pine-covered mountains. A region of
great religious importance to local American Indians as well as a major draw for the state tourism industry, the Black
Hills are also the location of Mt. Rushmore, probably the best-known location in the state and a widely used symbol of
South Dakota.
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
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