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There are 66 counties in the state of South Dakota

 

 

  		 

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Jackson County, South Dakota

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

 

County Seat: Kadoka
Year Organized: 1914
Square Miles: 1,869
 		 Court House:

P.O. Box 280
County Courthouse
Kadoka, SD 57543-0280
Etymology - Origin of County Name

Jackson is named for territorial legislator J.R. Jackson.

 

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Jackson County was created in 1914 with the county seat at Kadoka. Previous to this time it was a part of Stanley County. Early historical sketches indicate Jackson County was named for President Andrew Jackson; however, it is now considered certain that it was named for J. R. Jackson, a member of the Territorial Legislature when the original Jackson County was created in 1883. Following the various legislative shuffles Jackson vanished from the map. First, the northern part of Jackson was joined to Stanley County and the southern half part of Washabaugh. Finally in 1914 Stanley County was split up and Jackson County was reborn as it is today

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,871 square miles (4,846 kmē), of which, 1,869 square miles (4,841 kmē) of it is land and 2 square miles (5 kmē) of it (0.11%) is water. About 57 percent of its land, the portion south of the White River, is on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The county includes the easternmost portion of Badlands National Park.
 

Neighboring Counties:
  • Haakon County, South Dakota - north
  • Jones County, South Dakota - northeast
  • Mellette County, South Dakota - east
  • Bennett County, South Dakota - south
  • Shannon County, South Dakota - southwest
  • Pennington County, South Dakota - northwest
Cities and Towns:
- Belvidere town Incorporated Area
- East Jackson UT  
- Grandview II township  
- Interior town Incorporated Area
- Jewett township  
- Kadoka (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- Little Buffalo township  
- Northwest Jackson UT  
- Southeast Jackson UT  
- Southwest Jackson UT  
- Weta township
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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