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Corson County, South Dakota

Corson County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

 

County Seat: McIntosh
Year Organized: 1909
Square Miles: 2,473
Court House:

P.O. Box 255
County Courthouse
Mc Intosh, SD 57641-0255

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Corson is named after Dighton Corson, a Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court.

 

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Corson County was created by an act of the legislature passed and approved March 2, 1909. Prior to that, the area was part of three separate and distinct counties: Schnasse, Dewey and Boreman. The county was named in honor of Dighton Corson, a Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court. It remained unorganized until July of 1909 when an election was called by Governor Vessey. The people voted on the location of the temporary courthouse with the contest being between McIntosh and Morristown. McIntosh won but was challenged again in 1910.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,529 square miles (6,551 kmē), of which, 2,473 square miles (6,405 kmē) of it is land and 56 square miles (146 kmē) of it (2.23%) is water. The entire county lies within the Standing Rock Indian Reservation.
 

Neighboring Counties:
  • Sioux County, North Dakota - north
  • Campbell County, South Dakota - east
  • Walworth County, South Dakota - southeast
  • Dewey County, South Dakota - south
  • Ziebach County, South Dakota - southwest
  • Perkins County, South Dakota - west
Cities and Towns:
- Central Corson UT  
- Lake township  
- Lemmon No. 2 UT  
- McIntosh (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- McLaughlin city Incorporated Area
- Mobridge city Incorporated Area
- Morristown town Incorporated Area
- Northeast Corson UT  
- Pleasant Ridge township  
- Prairie View township  
- Ridgeland township  
- Rolling Green township  
- Wakpala township  
- Watauga township  
- West Corson UT
County Resources:

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County Resource Guide

Counties: US Map

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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