Beadle County, South Dakota

Beadle County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. In the census in 2000 in County lived 17,023 inhabitants. The the county seat ( county seat ) is in Huron.

• 3.1 townships

Geography

The County is located in east-central South Dakota, is in the north about 130 km from North Dakota, approximately 110 km to the east of Minnesota and south about 100 km away from Nebraska. It has an area of ​​3276 square kilometers, of which 16 square kilometers (0.48 percent) of water. It is bordered clockwise to the County: Spink County, Clark County, Kingsbury County, Sanborn County, Jerauld County and Hand County.

History

2000

Beadle County was formed in 1879 as Originalcounty of the Dakota Territory and is since 1880 under self-government. It was named after William Henry Harrison Beadle, a Brigadier General during the Civil War. In 1869 he was appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant as General of the Dakota Territory.

According to tradition, was the first permanent settlers in the County Charles Miner, who staked his claim on the James River in the summer of 1879. In the spring and summer of 1880 a railway line laid their tracks by the County and new settlers came to the area. Three years later, most to the available land was farmed.

On 10 May 1880 the foundation stone for the place Huron, who later became County Seat, and laid on July 4, 1880 appointed governor Nehemiah G. Ordway Eli C. Walton, Charles Miner and SS Neilson to the three officials, the County has been initially represent and should organize.

Age structure

• Under 18 = 24.7 percent
• 18-24 = 8.3 percent
• 25-44 = 24.7 percent
• 45-64 = 23.0 percent
• 65 = 19.3 percent

The average age is 40 years.

Cities and towns

• Huron
• Broadland
• Virgil
• Wolsey

Townships

The County is divided into 36 townships: Allen, Altoona, Banner, Barrett, Belle Prairie, Bonilla, Broadland, Burr Oak, Carlyle, Cavour, Clifton, Clyde Custer, Dearborn, Fairfield, Foster, Grant, Hartland, Huron, Iowa, Kellogg, Lake Byron, Liberty, Logan, Milford, Nance, Pearl Creek, Pleasant View, Richland, Sandy Creek, Theresa, Valley, Vernon, Wessington, Whiteside and Wolsey.