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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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Roberts County, South Dakota
Roberts County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Sisseton
Year Organized: 1883
Square Miles: 1,101 |
Court House: 411 2nd Avenue East
County Courthouse
Sisseton, SD 57262-1453
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Roberts is named for territorial legislator S. G. Roberts.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Roberts County, created and organized in 1883, has a name of uncertain derivation. One theory has it named for S. G.
Roberts, a book publisher who was a member of the council in the Territorial Legislature. The county seat was originally
located at Travare. Wilmot wanted the county seat and a court battle followed. Travare won but the records were taken by
force and moved to Wilmot where it stayed until 1898 when by a similar situation the records were taken from Wilmot to
Sisseton.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,135 square miles (2,941 kmē), of which,
1,101 square miles (2,852 kmē) of it is land and 34 square miles (88 kmē) of it (3.00%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Richland County, North Dakota - north
- Traverse County, Minnesota - northeast
- Big Stone County, Minnesota - southeast
- Grant County, South Dakota - south
- Day County, South Dakota - southwest
- Marshall County, South Dakota - west
Cities and Towns:
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- Agency |
township |
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- Alto |
township |
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- Becker |
township |
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- Bossko |
township |
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- Claire City |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Corona |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Dry Wood Lake |
township |
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- Easter |
township |
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- Enterprise |
township |
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- Garfield |
township |
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- Geneseo |
township |
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- Goodwill |
township |
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- Grant |
township |
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- Harmon |
township |
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- Hart |
township |
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- Lake |
township |
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- Lawrence |
township |
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- Lee |
township |
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- Lien |
township |
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- Lockwood |
township |
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- Long Hollow |
township |
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- Minnesota |
township |
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- New Effington |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Norway |
township |
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- One Road |
township |
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- Ortley |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Peever |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Rosholt |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Sisseton
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Spring Grove |
township |
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- Springdale |
township |
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- Summit |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Victor |
township |
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- White Rock |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Wilmot |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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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