Washabaugh County, South Dakota

Washabaugh County, South Dakota

Map of Washabaugh County showing its boundaries in 1892
Coordinates: 43°33′10″N 101°41′12″W / 43.55278°N 101.68667°W / 43.55278; -101.68667
Established March 9, 1883
Dissolved January 1, 1983
Area[1]
 • Total 1,061 sq mi (2,750 km2)
Elevation 2,713 ft (827 m)
Population (1970)
 • Total 1,389
 • Density 1.3/sq mi (0.5/km2)
GNIS feature ID 1265805[2]

Washabaugh County was a county in South Dakota. The county was named after Frank J. Washabaugh, a prominent South Dakota politician.[3][4]

History

First established in 1883 as a county in Dakota Territory from a part of Lugenbeel County, it became a county in the new state of South Dakota in 1889.[5] Washabaugh remained an unorganized county, attached to various other counties for judicial purposes, until it merged with Jackson County in 1983.[5]

Presidential Elections Results[6]
Year Republican Democratic Third Parties
1976 43.5% 229 52.5% 276 4.0% 21
1972 53.7% 245 46.3% 211
1968 49.9% 224 45.2% 203 4.9% 22
1964 37.8% 211 62.3% 348
1960 55.0% 260 45.0% 213
1956 58.9% 265 41.1% 185
1952 68.5% 319 31.6% 147
1948 45.8% 192 53.2% 223 1.0% 4
1944 48.8% 139 51.2% 146
1940 48.9% 358 51.1% 374
1936 42.4% 238 55.8% 313 1.8% 10
1932 17.6% 134 80.4% 612 2.0% 15
1928 50.7% 294 48.6% 282 0.7% 4
1924 57.9% 246 28.5% 121 13.7% 58

Geography

The county encompassed the northeast corner of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation including the community of Wanblee. The eastern portion of the county was within the Rosebud Indian Reservation until 1911, when that part was annexed into the newly created Mellette County.[7] By 1914, Washabaugh County's boundaries were expanded to include a portion of Washington County to the west and all of Jackson County south of the White River.[8]

Demographics

As an unorganized county lying entirely within two American Indian reservations, Washabaugh did not report separate population totals during the 1890, 1900, and 1910 censuses. Instead, population was included in the total population counts for the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations.[9] The county started reporting separate population counts with the 1920 Census.

Washabaugh County Population by Year[10]
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[9] [9] [9] 1,166 2,474 1,980 1,551 1,042 1,389

References

  1. ↑ United States Census Bureau (1973). 1970 Census of Population: South Dakota (PDF). Volume 1, Part 43. Government Printing Office. p. 15.
  2. ↑ "Washabaugh County (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  3. ↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States (Second ed.). Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. p. 316.
  4. ↑ Place Names in the United States at Google Books
  5. 1 2 John H. Long, Editor (2006). "Dakota Territory, South Dakota, and North Dakota: Individual County Chronologies". Dakota Territory Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Newberry Library. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
  6. ↑ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS
  7. ↑ United States Census Bureau (1921). Fourteenth Census of the United States. State Compendium, South Dakota (PDF). Government Printing Office. pp. 12, 25.
  8. ↑ 1914 Map of Washabaugh County
  9. 1 2 3 4 United States Census Bureau (1913). THIRTEENTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES (PDF). Volume 3, Population. Government Printing Office. p. 689.
  10. ↑ "SOUTH DAKOTA - Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. 1995. Retrieved 2006-10-16.
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