South Dakota Counties Selection List


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Extinct Counties

County Date Formed Parent County
or Counties
County Seat Contact
Aurora 1879 Brule Plankinton Adoptable County
Beadle 1879 Spink, Clark Huron Adoptable County
Bennett 1909 Indian Lands Martin Adoptable County
Bon Homme 1862 Charles Mix Tyndall Adoptable County
Brookings 1862 Dakota Territory Brookings Bob Jenkins
Brown 1879 Beadle Aberdeen Linda Ziemann
Brule 1875 Dakota Territory Chamberlain Adoptable County
Buffalo 1873 Dakota Territory Gannvalley Lynette Trainer
Butte 1883 Harding Belle Fourche Adoptable County
Campbell 1873 Buffalo Mound City Adoptable County
Charles Mix 1862 Dakota Territory Lake Andes Adoptable County
Clark 1873 Hanson Clark Adoptable County
Clay 1862 Dakota Territory Vermillion Linda Ziemann
Codington 1877 Indian Lands Watertown Adoptable County
Corson 1909 Indian Lands McIntosh Adoptable County
Custer 1875 Indian Lands Custer Linda Simpson
Davison 1873 Hanson Mitchell Adoptable County
Day 1879 Clark Webster

Elliot Huntington

Deuel 1873 Brookings Clear Lake Adoptable County
Dewey 1873, 1910 Indian Lands, Armstrong Timber Lake Adoptable County
Douglas 1873 Charles Mix Armour Adoptable County
Edmunds 1873 Buffalo Ipswich Adoptable County
Fall River 1883 Custer Hot Springs Adoptable County
Faulk 1873 Dakota Territory Faulkton Mary Buchholz
Grant 1873 Codington, Deuel Milbank Adoptable County
Gregory 1862 Yankton Burke Joe Thurstenson, Researcher
Linda Ziemann, Coordinator
Haakon 1914 Stanley Philip Adoptable County
Hamlin 1873 Deuel Hayti Adoptable County
Hand 1873 Buffalo Miller Lynette Trainer
Hanson 1871 Buffalo, Deuel Alexandria Adoptable County
Harding 1909 Dakota Territory Buffalo Mary Buchholz
Hughes 1874 Buffalo Pierre Bob Jenkins
Hutchinson 1862 Dakota Territory Olivet Adoptable County
Hyde 1873 Buffalo Highmore Adoptable County
Jackson 1914 Stanley Kadoka Adoptable County
Jerauld 1883 Aurora Wessington Springs Barb Buchner
Jones 1916 Lyman Murdo Adoptable County
Kingsbury 1873 Hanson De Smet Nancy Russell Anderson
Lake 1873 Brookings, Hanson Madison Adoptable County
Lawrence 1875 Dakota Territory Deadwood Adoptable County
Lincoln 1862 Minnehaha Canton Linda Simpson
Lyman 1873 Dakota Territory Kennebec Bob Jenkins
Marshall 1885 Day Britton Adoptable County
McCook 1873 Hanson Salem Adoptable County
McPherson 1873 Buffalo Leola Adoptable County
Meade 1889 Lawrence Sturgis Adoptable County
Mellette 1909 Lyman White River Adoptable County
Miner 1873 Hanson Howard Lynette Trainer
Minnehaha 1862 Dakota Territory Sioux Falls Linda Ziemann
Moody 1873 Minnehaha, Brookings Flandreau Bob Jenkins
Oglala Lakota formerly Shannon Co. 1875 Fall River Hot Springs (Shares County Seat with Fall River County) Adoptable County
Pennington 1875 Dakota Territory Rapid City Rebecca Maloney
Perkins 1909 Harding, Butte Bison Adoptable County
Potter 1875 Buffalo Gettysburg Adoptable County
Roberts 1883 Grant Sisseton Adoptable County
Sanborn 1883 Miner Woonsocket Chris Dierks, Coordinator
Kari Dierks, Assistant
Spink 1873 Hanson Redfield John Schulte
Stanley 1873 Dakota Territory Fort Pierre Adoptable County
Sully 1873 Potter Onida Adoptable County
Todd 1909 ? Winner (Shares County Seat with Tripp County) Adoptable County
Tripp 1873 Dakota Territory Winner Adoptable County
Turner 1871 Lincoln Parker Linda Ziemann
Union 1862 Dakota Territory Elk Point Linda Ziemann
Walworth 1873 Buffalo Selby Linda Ziemann
Yankton 1862 Dakota Territory Yankton Joy Fisher
Ziebach 1911 Schnasse, Sterling, Armstrong Dupree David Gochenour
*~* Last update 3/14/2024 by Linda Ziemann, SDGenWeb Assist. State Coordinator

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