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South Dakota Counties
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South Dakota Counties
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Lyman County, South Dakota
Lyman County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Kennebec
Year Organized: 1873
Square Miles: 1,640 |
Court House: P.O. Box 38
County Courthouse
Kennebec, SD 57544-0038
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Lyman is named for territorial legislator W.P. Lyman.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Lyman County was created by the Dakota Territorial Legislature in 1873 and organized in 1893. The county was named
for Major W. P. Lyman, a member of the territorial legislature in 1873. Oacoma was the county's earliest town and first
county seat. When Lyman and Jones County separated, Presho and Kennebec were the chief rivals of Oacoma for the honor of
county seat. Following an election, the county seat was moved to Kennebec in 1923.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,707 square miles (4,421 kmē), of which,
1,640 square miles (4,247 kmē) of it is land and 67 square miles (174 kmē) of it (3.93%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Hughes County, South Dakota - north
- Hyde County, South Dakota - northwest
- Buffalo County, South Dakota - northwest
- Brule County, South Dakota - east
- Gregory County, South Dakota - south
- Tripp County, South Dakota - south
- Mellette County, South Dakota - southeast
- Jones County, South Dakota - west
- Stanley County, South Dakota - northwest
Cities and Towns:
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- Black Dog |
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- Butte |
township |
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- Dorman |
township |
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- Fairland |
township |
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- Iona |
township |
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- Kennebec
(County Seat) |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lafayette |
UT |
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- Lower Brule |
UT |
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- McClure |
UT |
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- Northwest Lyman |
UT |
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- Oacoma |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Pleasant |
township |
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- Pratt |
township |
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- Presho |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Reliance |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Rex |
township |
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- Rose |
township |
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- Rowe |
township |
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- Sioux |
township |
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- South Lyman |
UT |
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- Vivian |
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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