Place:Brookings, South Dakota, United States

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NameBrookings
Alt namesBrookingssource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates44.3°N 96.817°W
Located inSouth Dakota, United States     (1862 - )
See alsoKingsbury, South Dakota, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Lake, South Dakota, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Moody, South Dakota, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
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Ahnberg
Arlington Beach
Arlington
Aurora
Brookings
Bruce
Bushnell
Elkton
Hillside Colony
Medary
North Grove Addition
Sinai
Sunnyview
Volga
White
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Brookings County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 34,375, making it the fifth-most populous county in South Dakota. Its county seat is Brookings. The county was created in 1862 and organized in 1871.

Brookings County comprises the Brookings, SD Micropolitan Statistical Area.

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History

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The county was founded July 3, 1871, and was named for Wilmot Wood Brookings (1830-1905), a politician and pioneer of southeastern South Dakota. Medary was the first county seat, from 1871 to 1879, when it was moved to the city of Brookings.

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Date Event Source
1862 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1870 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1871 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1871 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1880 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
1870 163
1880 4,965
1890 10,132
1900 12,561
1910 14,178
1920 16,119
1930 16,847
1940 16,560
1950 17,851
1960 20,046
1970 22,158
1980 24,332
1990 25,207
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