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, South Dakota | |
| Map | |
 Location in the state of South Dakota | |
 South Dakota's location in the U.S. | |
| Statistics | |
| Founded | 1873 |
|---|---|
| Seat | Salem |
| Largest City | Salem |
| Area - Total - Land - Water |
577 sq mi (1,494 km²) 574 sq mi (1,487 km²) 2.7 sq mi (7 km²), 0.5% |
| PopulationEst. - (2016) - Density |
5,625 9.8/sq mi (4/km²) |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website: www.mccookcountysd.com | |
| Named for: Edwin Stanton McCook | |
Communities
Cities
- Bridgewater
- Canistota
- Montrose
- Salem (county seat)
- Spencer
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
- ↑ "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. ISBN 978-1135948597. 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.