McCook County, South Dakota
McCook County | |
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![]() McCook County Courthouse | |
![]() Location within the U.S. state of South Dakota | |
![]() South Dakota's location within the U.S. | |
Coordinates: 43°40′N 97°22′W / 43.67°N 97.36°W | |
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State | ![]() |
Founded | 1873 |
Named for | Edwin Stanton McCook |
Seat | Salem |
Largest city | Salem |
Area | |
• Total | 577 sq mi (1,490 km2) |
• Land | 574 sq mi (1,490 km2) |
• Water | 2.7 sq mi (7 km2) 0.5%% |
Population | |
• Estimate (2016) | 5,625 |
• Density | 9.8/sq mi (3.8/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
Congressional district | At-large |
Website | www |
McCook County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2010 census, 5,618 people lived there.[1] Its county seat is Salem.[2] It was created in 1873.[3] It was named for the former governor of the Dakota Territory and Civil War general Edwin Stanton McCook.[4][5]
Communities[change | change source]
Cities[change | change source]
- Bridgewater
- Canistota
- Montrose
- Salem (county seat)
- Spencer
Unincorporated community[change | change source]
- Unityville
Townships[change | change source]
The county is divided into sixteen townships:
- Benton
- Bridgewater
- Brookfield
- Canistota
- Emery
- Grant
- Greenland
- Jefferson
- Pearl
- Montrose
- Union
- Ramsey
- Richland
- Salem
- Spring Valley
- Sun Prairie
Other places[change | change source]
- Laurent - (proposed / abandoned housing development)
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
- ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ↑ "Dakota Territory, South Dakota, and North Dakota: Individual County Chronologies". Dakota Territory Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2006. Archived from the original on April 2, 2018. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
- ↑ Hellmann, Paul T. (May 13, 2013). Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Routledge. p. 997. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ↑ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 162.
Other websites[change | change source]

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