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Counties in South Dakota

Historically speaking, counties were regions in Europe governed by counts. In USA, counties are the next tier of organization after the State level. Counties in South Dakota represent governmental divisions within the State. All the counties in South Dakota have their county seats. Given below is information on some on the counties in South Dakota out of more than 100 counties:


  • Brule County – Brule County is one of the counties in South Dakota. Chamberlain is the county seat of Brule County. Twenty two townships are in this county. For example, Red Lake, Willow Lake, Lyon, Pleasant Grove, Smith, Plainfield, Brule, Wilbur, Pukwana, Plummer, America, Torrey Lake, Pleasant Grove, West Point, and Union.




  • Lyman County – Kennebec is the county seat of Lyman County. The 16 townships of the county are as follows: Dorman, Iona, Butte, Bailey, Lafayette, Morningside, Pleasant, Rex, Fairland, Rose, Pratt, Reliance, Sioux, Oacoma, Rowe, and Stony Butte. The 6 unincorporated territory areas are South Lyman, Northwest Lyman, Black Dog, McClure, and Lower Brule.
  • Spink County – The county seat of Spink County is Redfield. Spink County has 37 townships: Belmont, Garfield, Union, Benton, Exline, Buffalo, Harmony, Prairie Center, Richfield, Belle Plaine, Beotia, Tetonka, Conde, Turton, La Prairie, Frankfort, Harrison, Clifton, Athol, Cornwall, Crandon, Jefferson, Lincoln, Mellette, Olean, Redfield, Great Bend, Antelope, Lodi, Spring, Three Rivers, Tulare, Northville, Sumner, Lake, and Capitola.
  • Custer County – The county seat of Custer County is Custer. There are two territory areas in Custer County, West of Custer State Park Custer and East of Custer State Park. The major cities and towns in Custer County are: Buffalo Gap, Custer, Fairburn, Hermosa, and Pringle. People of the following races comprise the demography of the county – Native American, African American, Asian, Pacific Islander, Latino or Hispanic.
  • Hutchison County – Olivet is the county seat of Hutchison County. The 23 townships of Hutchison County are: Liberty, Mittown, Clayton, Cross Plains, Foster, Grandview, German, Capital, Fair, Sweet, Wittenberg, Starr, Silver Lake, Valley, Wolf Creek, Kuim, Oak Hollow, Hassel, Molan, Pleasant, Sharon, Susquehanna, Kaylor.



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