Aurora County, South Dakota
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Aurora County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of 2000, the population is 3,058. Its county seat is Plankinton.6
History
Aurora County, named for the Roman goddess of the dawn, was created by the South Dakota legislature on February 22, 1879, and organized in 1881 when three county commissioners were appointed. The county commission first met on August 29, 1881, and named Plankinton the county seat, an act which was ratified by voters in November 1882.Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,845 km² (713 mi²). 1,834 km² (708 mi²) of it is land and 11 km² (4 mi²) of it (0.61%) is water.Townships
The county is divided into twenty townships:- Aurora Township
- Belford Township
- Bristol Township
- Center Township
- Cooper Township
- Crystal Lake Township
- Dudley Township
- Eureka Township
- Firesteel Township
- Gales Township
- Hopper Township
- Lake Township
- Palatine Township
- Patten Township
- Plankinton Township
- Pleasant Lake Township
- Pleasant Valley Township
- Truro Township
- Washington Township
- White Lake Township
Adjacent Counties
- Jerauld County, South Dakota - north
- Sanborn County, South Dakota - northeast
- Davison County, South Dakota - east
- Douglas County, South Dakota - south
- Charles Mix County, South Dakota - southwest
- Brule County, South Dakota - west
Demographics
| Aurora County Population by year | |
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1900 - 4,011 1910 - 6,143 1920 - 7,246 1930 - 7,139 1940 - 5,387 1950 - 5,020 1960 - 4,749 1970 - 4,183 1980 - 3,628 1990 - 3,136 2000 - 3,058 | |
There were 1,165 households out of which 29.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.30% were married couples living together, 5.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.90% were non-families. 28.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.02.
In the county, the population was spread out with 27.60% under the age of 18, 6.50% from 18 to 24, 22.10% from 25 to 44, 22.20% from 45 to 64, and 21.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 104.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.80 males.
Cities and towns
| Regions of South Dakota |
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|---|---|
| Black Hills - Coteau des Prairies | |
| Largest cities | |
| Aberdeen | Belle Fourche | Brandon | Brookings | Canton | Ellsworth | Hot Springs | Huron | Madison | Mitchell | Mobridge | Pierre | Rapid City | Rapid Valley | Sioux Falls | Spearfish | Sturgis | Vermillion | Watertown | Winner | Yankton | |
| Counties | |
| Aurora - Beadle - Bennet - Bon Homme - Brookings - Brown - Brule - Buffalo - Butte - Campbell - Charles Mix - Clark - Clay - Codington - Corson - Custer - Davison - Day - Deuel - Dewey - Douglas - Edmunds - Fall River - Faulk - Grant - Gregory - Haakon - Hamlin - Hand - Hanson - Harding - Hughes - Hutchinson - Hyde - Jackson - Jerauld - Jones - Kingsbury - Lake - Lawrence - Lincoln - Lyman - Marshall - McCook - McPherson - Meade - Mellette - Miner - Minnehaha - Moody - Pennington - Perkins - Potter - Roberts - Sanborn - Shannon - Spink - Stanley - Sully - Todd - Tripp - Turner - Union - Walworth - Yankton - Ziebach
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