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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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Turner County, South Dakota
Turner County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Parker
Year Organized: 1871
Square Miles: 617 |
Court House: P.O. Box 370
County Courthouse
Parker, SD 57053-0370
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Turner is named for territorial legislator John W. Turner.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Turner County, created and organized in 1871, was named for John W. Tuner, a member of the Dakota Territory
Legislature of 1865-66 and 1872, and Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1870-1871. Swan Lake City was named the
county seat. With the arrival of the railroad, the question of removing the county seat from Swan Lake City started and
what is known as the "county seat war" followed. After a long and bitter fight, the county seat was moved to Parker in
1885.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 617 square miles (1,599 kmē), of which, 617
square miles (1,598 kmē) of it is land and 1 square miles (2 kmē) of it (0.10%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Minnehaha County, South Dakota - northeast
- Lincoln County, South Dakota - east
- Clay County, South Dakota - southeast
- Yankton County, South Dakota - southwest
- Hutchinson County, South Dakota - west
- McCook County, South Dakota - northwest
Cities and Towns:
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- Brothersfield |
township |
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- Centerville |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Chancellor |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Childstown |
township |
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- Daneville |
township |
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- Davis |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Germantown |
township |
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- Home |
township |
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- Hurley |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Marion |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Middleton |
township |
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- Monroe |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Norway |
township |
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- Parker
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Rosefield |
township |
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- Spring Valley |
township |
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- Swan Lake |
township |
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- Turner |
township |
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- Viborg |
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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