McCook County, South Dakota

McCook County
McCook County
	U.S. county
	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
Country	United States
State	South Dakota
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.mccookcountysd.com

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]

The county is divided into sixteen townships:

↑ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved November 25, 2013. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-07. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
↑ "Dakota Territory, South Dakota, and North Dakota: Individual County Chronologies". Dakota Territory Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2006. Retrieved March 30, 2015. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
↑ Hellmann, Paul T. (May 13, 2013). Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Routledge. p. 997. Retrieved 30 November 2013. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
↑ 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.