Place:Shannon, South Dakota, United States

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NameShannon
Alt namesShannonsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates43.35°N 102.55°W
Located inSouth Dakota, United States     (1875 - )
Contained Places
Census-designated place
Kyle
Manderson-White Horse Creek
Oglala
Pine Ridge
Porcupine
Wounded Knee
Inhabited place
Batesland
Denby
Manderson
Red Shirt
Rockyford
Sharps Corner
Slim Butte
Wakpamani
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Oglala Lakota County (known as Shannon County until May 2015) is a county in southwestern South Dakota, United States. The population was 13,672 at the 2020 census. Oglala Lakota County does not have a functioning county seat; Hot Springs in neighboring Fall River County serves as its administrative center. The county was created as a part of the Dakota Territory in 1875, although it remains unorganized. Its largest community is Pine Ridge.

The county lies entirely within the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and contains part of Badlands National Park. It is one of five South Dakota counties entirely on an Indian reservation.

The county is named after the Oglala Lakota, a band of the Lakota people. Many of the county's inhabitants are members of this sub-tribe.

Reservation poverty affects the county, which is the poorest county in the US. (28 county-equivalents in the U.S. territories are poorer). Oglala Lakota County is the only dry county in South Dakota.

The newspaper for Oglala Lakota County is The Lakota Country Times.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1875 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1880 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1950 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1880 113
1920 2,003
1930 4,058
1940 5,366
1950 5,669
1960 6,000
1970 8,198
1980 11,323
1990 9,902

Note: Created before 1880; included with Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in 1890-1910; reported in 1920-90.

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