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There are 66 counties in the state of South Dakota

 

 

  		 

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Custer County, South Dakota

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

 

County Seat: Custer
Year Organized: 1875
Square Miles: 1,558		 Court House:

420 Mount Rushmore Road,
County Courthouse
Custer, SD 57730-1951
Etymology - Origin of County Name

Custer is named after military officer George Armstrong Custer.

 

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Custer County was organized in April, 1877 and named in honor of General George A. Custer. Custer City was originally the county seat but it was later moved to Hayward City where the county commissioners first held their meetings. However, Hayward City was found to be beyond the limits of Custer County and the county seat was permanently fixed at Custer City (now Custer) October 10, 1879.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,559 square miles (4,038 kmē), of which, 1,558 square miles (4,034 kmē) of it is land and 1 square miles (4 kmē) of it (0.09%) is water. Wind Cave National Park is located within the county, as is Jewel Cave National Monument. South Dakota's own Custer State Park is also located in the county.
 

Neighboring Counties:
  • Pennington County, South Dakota - north
  • Shannon County, South Dakota - southeast
  • Fall River County, South Dakota - south
  • Niobrara County, Wyoming - southwest
  • Weston County, Wyoming - west
Cities and Towns:
- Buffalo Gap town Incorporated Area
- Custer (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- Fairburn town Incorporated Area
- Hermosa town Incorporated Area
- Pringle 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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