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South Dakota Counties
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South Dakota Counties
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Brown County, South Dakota
Brown County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Aberdeen
Year Organized: 1879
Square Miles: 1,713 |
Court House: 25 Market Street
County Courthouse
Aberdeen, SD 57401-4224
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Brown is named for territorial legislator Alfred Brown.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Brown County was created in 1879, organized in 1881, and named for Alfred Brown who was a member of the legislature
of 1879. Governor Ordway appointed three Commissioners in July 1880 and Columbia was named as the temporary county seat.
Columbia was the first town to be organized and the first election in Brown County was held in Columbia in 1880. The
Milwaukee railroad reached Aberdeen in late 1880 and the Northwestern Railroad in 1882. To remove the county seat
required a two-thirds vote until in 1887 when it was changed to a majority vote. In that same year Aberdeen obtained a
majority vote over Columbia; however, in 1889 the county seat was ordered back to Columbia. It was again submitted to
the general election in 1890 and the vote was in favor of Aberdeen. The Brown County Courthouse, Aberdeen, was dedicated
on March 24, 1904.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,731 square miles (4,484 kmē), of which,
1,713 square miles (4,437 kmē) of it is land and 18 square miles (47 kmē) of it (1.05%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Dickey County, North Dakota - north
- Sargent County, North Dakota - northeast
- Marshall County, South Dakota - east
- Day County, South Dakota - southeast
- Spink County, South Dakota - south
- Faulk County, South Dakota - southwest
- Edmunds County, South Dakota - southwest
- McPherson County, South Dakota - northwest
Cities and Towns:
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- Aberdeen
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Allison |
township |
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- Bates |
township |
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- Bath |
township |
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- Brainard |
township |
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- Cambria |
township |
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- Carlisle |
township |
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- Claremont |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Columbia |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- East Hanson |
township |
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- East Rondell |
township |
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- Franklyn |
township |
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- Frederick |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Garden Prairie |
township |
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- Garland |
township |
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- Gem |
township |
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- Groton |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Hecla |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Highland |
township |
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- Lansing |
township |
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- Liberty |
township |
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- Lincoln |
township |
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- Mercier |
township |
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- New Hope |
township |
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- North Detroit |
township |
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- Oneota |
township |
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- Ordway |
township |
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- Osceola |
township |
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- Palmyra |
township |
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- Portage |
township |
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- Prairiewood |
township |
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- Putney |
township |
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- Riverside |
township |
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- Savo |
township |
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- South Detroit |
township |
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- Stratford |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Warner |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- West Hanson |
township |
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- West Rondell |
township |
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- Westport |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Wetonka |
town |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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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,
act locally." |
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