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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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Deuel County, South Dakota
Deuel County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Clear Lake
Year Organized: 1862
Square Miles: 624 |
Court House: P.O. Box 616
County Courthouse
Clear Lake, SD 57226-0616
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Deuel is named for early settler Jacob S. Deuel.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Deuel County was created in 1862 and organized in 1874. A sawmill gave Jacob S. Deuel, for whom the county was named,
a start in Dakota Territory in 1860. Gary was made the county seat and remained so until Clear Lake became a town of
importance, when it was moved to Clear Lake. Clear Lake takes its name from a near-by lake. The town was settled in 1884
and incorporated in 1900.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 637 square miles (1,649 kmē), of which, 624
square miles (1,615 kmē) of it is land and 13 square miles (34 kmē) of it (2.07%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Grant County, South Dakota - north
- Lac Qui Parle County, Minnesota - northeast
- Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota - east
- Lincoln County, Minnesota - southeast
- Brookings County, South Dakota - south
- Hamlin County, South Dakota - southwest
- Codington County, South Dakota - northwest
Cities and Towns:
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- Altamont |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Antelope Valley |
township |
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- Astoria |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Blom |
township |
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- Brandt |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Clear Lake
(County
Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Gary |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Glenwood |
township |
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- Goodwin |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Grange |
township |
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- Havana |
township |
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- Hidewood |
township |
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- Lowe |
township |
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- Norden |
township |
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- Portland |
township |
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- Rome |
township |
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- Scandinavia |
township |
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- Toronto |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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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