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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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Edmunds County, South Dakota
Edmunds County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Ipswich
Year Organized: 1873
Square Miles: 1,146 |
Court House: P.O. Box 97
County Courthouse
Ipswich, SD 57451-0097
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Edmunds is named for Governor of Dakota Territory Newton Edmunds.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Edmunds County was created in 1873 and organized in 1883. The county was named for Newton Edmunds, a New Yorker, who
became the second Governor of Dakota Territory. The county was organized by a meeting of the Board of County
Commissioners appointed by Governor Ordway. The Board voted to locate the county seat at Edmunds. On October 2, 1883 a
town was platted and given the name of Ipswich. Lots were sold at auction and at once the moving of disappointed boom
towns, Freeport, Edmunds and Georgetown to Ipswich commenced. On November 1, 1883 the Board of County Commissioners met
in the one remaining building at Edmunds and voted to move the county seat to Ipswich.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,151 square miles (2,981 kmē), of which,
1,146 square miles (2,967 kmē) of it is land and 6 square miles (14 kmē) of it (0.48%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- McPherson County, South Dakota - north
- Brown County, South Dakota - east
- Faulk County, South Dakota - south
- Potter County, South Dakota - southwest
- Spink County, South Dakota - southeast
- Walworth County, South Dakota - west
Cities and Towns:
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- Adrian |
township |
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- Belle |
township |
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- Bowdle |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Cleveland |
township |
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- Cloyd Valley |
township |
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- Cortlandt |
township |
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- Cottonwood Lake |
township |
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- Fountain |
township |
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- Glen |
township |
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- Glover |
township |
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- Harmony |
township |
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- Hillside |
township |
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- Hosmer |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Huntley |
township |
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- Ipswich
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Kent |
township |
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- Liberty |
township |
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- Modena |
township |
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- Montpelier |
township |
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- North Bryant |
township |
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- Odessa |
township |
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- Pembrook |
township |
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- Powell |
township |
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- Roscoe |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Rosette |
township |
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- Sangamon |
township |
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- Union |
township |
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- Vermont |
township |
County Resources:
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Online High Schools
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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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