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Faulk County, South Dakota
Faulk County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Faulkton
Year Organized: 1873
Square Miles: 1,000 |
Court House: P.O. Box 309
County Courthouse
Faulkton, SD 57438-0309
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Faulk is named for Governor of Dakota Territory Andrew Jackson Faulk.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
During the winter of 1873 the territorial legislature passed a bill creating several counties among which was Faulk.
Faulk County was named in honor of Governor Faulk. LaFoon became the first county seat in 1883 and might have remained
so if the coming of the Northwestern railroad had not aided Faulkton, when the county seat was moved in 1886.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,006 square miles (2,605 kmē), of which,
1,000 square miles (2,590 kmē) of it is land and 6 square miles (14 kmē) of it (0.55%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Edmunds County, South Dakota - north
- Spink County, South Dakota - east
- Hand County, South Dakota - south
- Hyde County, South Dakota - southwest
- Potter County, South Dakota - west
Cities and Towns:
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- Arcade |
township |
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- Cresbard |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Devoe |
township |
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- Ellisville |
township |
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- Emerson |
township |
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- Enterprise |
township |
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- Faulkton
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Freedom |
township |
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- Hillsdale |
township |
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- Irving |
township |
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- Lafoon |
township |
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- Myron |
township |
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- Onaka |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- O'Neil |
township |
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- Orient |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Pioneer |
township |
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- Pulaski |
UT |
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- Rockham |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Saratoga |
township |
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- Seneca |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Southwest Faulk |
UT |
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- Tamworth |
township |
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- Union |
township |
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- Wesley |
township |
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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