McCook County, South Dakota

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]

McCook County
U.S. county
McCook County Courthouse
McCook County Courthouse
Map of South Dakota highlighting McCook County
Location within the U.S. state of South Dakota
Map of the United States highlighting South Dakota
South Dakota's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 43°40′N 97°22′W
Country United States
State South Dakota
Founded1873
Named forEdwin Stanton McCook
SeatSalem
Largest citySalem
Area
 • Total577 sq mi (1,490 km2)
 • Land574 sq mi (1,490 km2)
 • Water2.7 sq mi (7 km2)  0.5%%
Population
 • Estimate 
(2016)
5,625
 • Density9.8/sq mi (3.8/km2)
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional districtAt-large
Websitewww.mccookcountysd.com

Communities

Cities

Unincorporated community
  • Unityville

Townships

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
  • Laurent - (proposed / abandoned housing development)

References
  1. "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
  2. "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  3. "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.
  4. Hellmann, Paul T. (May 13, 2013). Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Routledge. p. 997. ISBN 978-1135948597. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  5. 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.

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