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South Dakota Counties
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South Dakota Counties
There are 66 counties in the state of South Dakota |
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Codington County, South Dakota
Codington County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Watertown
Year Organized: 1877
Square Miles: 688 |
Court House: 14 First Avenue SE
County Courthouse
Watertown, SD 57201-3611
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Codington is named for a local circuit preacher named Reverend G.S. Codington.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Until February 1877, Codington County was a part of Hamlin County. The purpose for the dividing of the counties was
to help some town site boomers to establish a county seat for Codington County near Lake Kampeska. The county was
organized for municipal purposes in August 1878. Kampeska was the county seat. When election day came in November 1878,
a full vote was polled, the principle issue being the county seat question. The Winona and St. Peter Railroad Company
spared no opportunity to get settlers back from the east to vote for Watertown as the new county seat. Watertown won and
has been the county seat since 1878.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 717 square miles (1,857 kmē), of which, 688
square miles (1,781 kmē) of it is land and 29 square miles (76 kmē) of it (4.10%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Grant County, South Dakota - northeast
- Deuel County, South Dakota - southeast
- Hamlin County, South Dakota - south
- Clark County, South Dakota - west
- Day County, South Dakota - northwest
Cities and Towns:
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- Dexter |
township |
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- Elmira |
township |
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- Florence |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Fuller |
township |
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- Germantown |
township |
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- Graceland |
township |
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- Henry |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Kampeska |
township |
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- Kranzburg |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lake |
township |
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- Pelican |
township |
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- Phipps |
township |
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- Rauville |
township |
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- Sheridan |
township |
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- South Shore |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Wallace |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Watertown
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Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Waverly |
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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