Pennington County (South Dakota)

Pennington County is a county located in the state of South Dakota in the United States. In 2010, the population was 100 948 inhabitants. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Rapid City, the second largest city in South Dakota.

History

Pennington County was founded in 1875 and is named after John L. Pennington, the then governor of the Dakota Territory.

Geography

The area of the county is 7211 square kilometers. Of these 21 square kilometers (0.29 percent) of water. The county is bordered clockwise to the following other counties: Meade County, Haakon County, Jackson County, Shannon County, Custer County, Weston County, Wyoming, and Lawrence County.

In the area of the county is Mount Rushmore located. In this mountain images of the heads of four U.S. presidents carved. Also, the Harney Peak, the highest mountain in South Dakotas, located in Pennington County

Demographics

2000

Cities and Towns

Cities ( cities )

  • Hill City
  • New Underwood
  • Rapid City

Municipalities ( towns )

  • Keystone
  • Quinn
  • Rampart
  • Wasta

Townships

The County is divided into 20 townships: Ash, Castle Butte, Cedar Butte, Conata, Crooked Creed, Fairview, Flat Butte, Huron, Imlay, Lake Creek, Lake Flat, Lake Hill, Owanka, Peno, Quinn, Rainy Creek / Cheyenne, Scenic, Shyne, Sunnyside and Wasta; and seven unorganized territories: Central Pennington, Dalzell Canyon, East Central Pennington, Mount Rushmore, North East Pennington, Rapid City East and West Pennington.

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