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Charles Mix County, South Dakota

Charles Mix County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

 

County Seat: Lake Andes
Year Organized: 1862
Square Miles: 1,098
Court House:

P.O. Box 490
Main Street-County Courthouse
Lake Andes, SD 57356-0490

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Charles Mix is named after Charles Mix, a commissioner of Indian affairs.

 

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

A territory described as all the land from Sioux Point up the Missouri to Medicine Creek, then east to the Minnesota line and south to the starting point, except the Yankton Indian Reservation, was opened to settlement by proclamation of President Lincoln in 1861. The bill creating Charles Mix County outlined the boundaries. The county was surveyed into townships in 1867 and subdivided the next year. In 1874 President Grant issued an order withdrawing this county from public settlement. In 1879 the land was re-opened by order of President Hayes and efforts were begun to organize the county.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,150 square miles (2,979 kmē), of which, 1,098 square miles (2,843 kmē) of it is land and 53 square miles (136 kmē) of it (4.57%) is water. It is also noted for being shaped like California.
 

Neighboring Counties:
  • Brule County, South Dakota - north
  • Aurora County, South Dakota - northeast
  • Douglas County, South Dakota - northeast
  • Hutchinson County, South Dakota - east
  • Bon Homme County, South Dakota - east
  • Knox County, Nebraska - southeast
  • Boyd County, Nebraska - southwest
  • Gregory County, South Dakota - west
Cities and Towns:
- Bryan township  
- Carroll township  
- Castalia UT  
- Choteau Creek township  
- Dante town Incorporated Area
- Darlington township  
- Eagle township  
- Forbes township  
- Geddes city Incorporated Area
- Goose Lake township  
- Greenwood township  
- Hamilton township  
- Highland township  
- Jackson township  
- Kennedy township  
- La Roche township  
- Lake Andes (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- Lake George township  
- Lawrence township  
- Lone Tree township  
- Moore township  
- Pickstown town Incorporated Area
- Plain Center township  
- Platte city Incorporated Area
- Ravinia town Incorporated Area
- Ree township  
- Rhoda township  
- Rouse township  
- Signal township  
- Wagner city Incorporated Area
- Wahehe township  
- White Swan township
County Resources:

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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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