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Jerauld County, South Dakota

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

 

County Seat: Wessington Springs
Year Organized: 1883
Square Miles: 530
Court House:

PO Box 422
County Courthouse
Wessington Springs, SD 57382-0422

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Jerauld is named for territorial legislator H.A. Jerauld.

 

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

The legislature of 1883 divided Aurora County and named one of the two new areas Jerauld County. The county was named in honor of H. A. Jerauld, a territorial legislator in 1883 when the county was created and organized. Governor Ordway appointed county Commissioners and Wessington Springs was named the county seat.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 533 square miles (1,380 kmē), of which, 530 square miles (1,372 kmē) of it is land and 3 square miles (7 kmē) of it (0.51%) is water.
 

Neighboring Counties:
  • Beadle County, South Dakota - northeast
  • Sanborn County, South Dakota - east
  • Aurora County, South Dakota - south
  • Brule County, South Dakota - southwest
  • Buffalo County, South Dakota - west
  • Hand County, South Dakota - northwest
Cities and Towns:
- Alpena town Incorporated Area
- Anina township  
- Blaine township  
- Chery township  
- Crow township  
- Crow Lake township  
- Dale UT  
- Harmony township  
- Lane town Incorporated Area
- Logan township  
- Marlar township  
- Media township  
- Pleasant township  
- Viola township  
- Wessington Springs (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
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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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