COUNTIES OF SOUTH DAKOTA
INDEX OF COUNTIES OF SOUTH DAKOTA
Boreman County(*Renamed Corson County in 1909)
Bramble County (Downer Bramble was a leading figure in the early history of Yankton. He operated the first general wholesale business in Dakota Territory, with a branch store in Fort Pierre and a big business in the Black Hills. The 1873 Legislature attempted to perpetuate his name in geography by naming a county in his honor. The 1879 Legislature dropped Bramble and redrew Miner County’s boundaries to embrace all that is now Miner and Sanborn counties)
Bruguier County(Created in 1862 from unorganized area, it was abolished in 1864 and became part of Buffalo County and Charles Mix County)
Burchard County (created in 1873 from Hanson County, it was abolished in 1879 and became part of Beadle County and Hand County)
Cheyenne County(Created in 1875 from Pratt County, Rusk County, Stanley County and unorganized area, it was abolished, 1883; became part of Jackson, Nowlin, Pyatt, and Sterling.)
Choteau County( Abolished when it merged into Perkins County along with Martin, Rinehart and Wagner Counties)
Cole County(organized in 1862, was named for Austin Cole, who was a member of the first Territorial Legislature. Two years later, the boundaries were rearranged and the name changed to Union because of sentiment for the Union side of the civil war)
Cragin County(Created in 1873 from Hanson County, it was abolished, 1879; became part of Aurora)
Delano County(Absorbed by Meade County)
Ewing County( (1889–1890): Created upon statehood. Abolished one year later, when it became the northern half of Harding County)
Forsyth County(Created in 1875 from unorganized area, it was abolished, 1881; became part of Custer)
Greely County (created in 1873 from Hanson County, it was abolished, 1879; became part of Day)
Jayne County (created in 1862 from Yankton County and Unorganized area, it was abolished, 1871; became part of Hanson, Hutchinson, and Turner)
Lugenbeel County ((1875–1909): Created by Dakota Territory from unorganized lands and Meyer and Pratt Counties in 1875. Abolished in 1909 when it became part of Bennett and Todd Counties)
Manden County(*Renamed Lawrence County)
Martin County(Abolished when it merged into Perkins County along with Choteau, Rinehart and Wagner Counties)
Meyer County(created in 1873 from unorganized area, it was abolished in 1909 and became part of Mellette County and Todd County)
Nowlin County( (1883–1898): Created by Dakota Territory in 1883 from Cheyenne and White River Counties. Abolished in 1898 when it became part of Haakon County)
Pratt County(* Renamed Jones County)
Presho County (Absorbed by Lyman County)
Pyatt County ((1883–1895): Created by Dakota Territory from unorganized lands in 1883. Renamed Armstrong in 1895. Later divided between the revived Ziebach County and Dewey County)
Rinehart County(Abolished when it merged into Perkins County along with Choteau, Martin, and Wagner Counties)
Rusk County (created in 1873 from unorganized area, it was renamed Dewey County in 1883)
Schnasse County ((1883–1911): Created by Dakota Territory from unorganized lands and part of Boreman County in 1883. Later absorbed into Boreman and the revived Ziebach Counties)
Scobey County (Absorbed by Meade County)
Sterling County((1883–1911): Created by Dakota Territory from Cheyenne County. Abolished in 1911 when it became part of Haakon and Ziebach Counties)
Stone County(created in 1873 from Hanson County, it was abolished in 1879 and became part of Brown County and Day County)
Wagner County(Abolished when it merged into Perkins County along with Choteau, Martin, and Rinehart Counties)
Washabaugh County( (1883–1983): South Dakota's most recent county to be eliminated. Created by Dakota Territory in 1883. Abolished in 1983 when it was merged with Jackson County)
Washington County( (1888–1943): Abolished in 1943 when it was divided between Pennington and Shannon Counties)
Wetmore County (created in 1873 from Hanson County, it was abolished in 1879 and became part of Aurora County and Miner County)
White River County (created in 1875 from Pratt County and unorganized area, it was abolished in 1898 and became part of Jackson County)
Wood County
Ziebach County((1889–1890): Created in 1889, upon statehood. Abolished in 1890, becoming the eastern portion of Pennington County. The name was revived in 1911, when a second Ziebach County was created from parts of Sterling, Schnasse and Pyatt Counties)
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