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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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Gregory County, South Dakota
Gregory County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Burke
Year Organized: 1862
Square Miles: 1,016
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Court House: PO Box 437
County Courthouse
Burke, SD 57523-0437
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Gregory is named for C.H. Gregory, an officer stationed at Fort Randall.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Gregory County as named for C. H. Gregory, an officer in the U.S. Army stationed at Ft. Randall. A rivalry for county
seat honors sprang up between Fairfax and Bonesteel, which for several years was the source of considerable controversy.
In 1898, the county was organized by order of Governor Lee. Fairfax received a majority of votes in an August 1898
election and was declared the county seat. As early as 1906 an effort was made to move the county seat farther west, but
efforts failed. In 1916 the matter was again brought up and after one of the bitterest fights in the county's history
the seat was moved to Burke.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,053 square miles (2,728 kmē), of which,
1,016 square miles (2,631 kmē) of it is land and 38 square miles (97 kmē) of it (3.56%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Lyman County, South Dakota - north
- Charles Mix County, South Dakota - east
- Boyd County, Nebraska - south
- Keya Paha County, Nebraska - southwest
- Tripp County, South Dakota - west
Cities and Towns:
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- Bonesteel |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Burke
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Carlock |
township |
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- Dallas |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Dickens |
township |
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- Dixon |
township |
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- East Gregory |
UT |
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- Edens |
township |
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- Ellston |
township |
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- Fairfax |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Gregory |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Herrick |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Jones |
township |
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- Landing Creek |
township |
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- North Gregory |
UT |
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- Pleasant Valley |
township |
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- Schriever |
township |
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- Southeast Gregory |
UT |
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- Spring Valley |
UT |
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- Star Valley |
township |
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- Whetstone |
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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