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South Dakota

1,738 public bodies in 66 counties, from the 2022 Census of Governments, read on 2026-09-26. Each county opens everything this project holds about it.

Counties in South Dakota and the public bodies based in each
CountyCities, towns and villagesTownshipsSpecial districts
Aurora County3201
Beadle County8355
Bennett County101
Bon Homme County506
Brookings County8236
Brown County104310
Brule County3225
Buffalo County011
Butte County415
Campbell County402
Charles Mix County72313
Clark County7271
Clay County2122
Codington County6174
Corson County372
Custer County5035
Davison County3125
Day County8283
Deuel County7162
Dewey County301
Douglas County3145
Edmunds County4324
Fall River County3117
Faulk County7233
Grant County9172
Gregory County681
Haakon County205
Hamlin County6137
Hand County3352
Hanson County4121
Harding County201
Hughes County318
Hutchinson County6238
Hyde County121
Jackson County441
Jerauld County3131
Jones County2117
Kingsbury County9131
Lake County51612
Lawrence County5138
Lincoln County71613
Lyman County463
Marshall County5255
McCook County5163
McPherson County524
Meade County4834
Mellette County2141
Miner County4163
Minnehaha County11239
Moody County5151
Oglala Lakota County101
Pennington County820109
Perkins County2373
Potter County401
Roberts County10284
Sanborn County3163
Spink County10361
Stanley County101
Sully County202
Todd County201
Tripp County3435
Turner County10185
Union County5107
Walworth County603
Yankton County699
Ziebach County101

County not recorded

The Census record for these gives no county in this state, so no county page lists them.

  • Township of Beisigl

    2904 11th Ave Ne, Lemmon, SD, 57638

    Township. Census ID 131932.

  • Township of Gilstrap

    1510 3rd Ave Se, Lemmon, SD, 57638

    Township. Census ID 131934.

  • Township of Orange

    2609 3rd Ave Se, Lemmon, SD, 57638

    Township. Census ID 171506.

  • Township of South Fork

    404 30th St Ne, Lemmon, SD, 57638

    Township. Census ID 171507.

  • East Adams Fire District

    102 19th St Ne, Lemmon, SD, 57638

    Local fire protection. Census ID 219269.

  • Crook County Irrigation District

    36 Dacar Rd, Belle Fourche, SD, 57717

    Irrigation. Census ID 136998.

  • Sundance Canyon Ranch Improvement and Service District

    7820 Norsemen Ln, Rapid City, SD, 57702

    Other multi-function districts. Census ID 221736.

  • Southwest Fire District

    9551 2nd Ave Se, Pollock, SD, 57648

    Local fire protection. Census ID 219272.

  • Township of Howe

    6795 91st St Sw, Morristown, SD, 57645

    Township. Census ID 171762.

  • Township of Tuttle

    2350 20th Ave Se, Tuttle, SD, 58488

    Township. Census ID 171813.

  • Township of Menz

    9721 Highway 49, Lemmon, SD, 57638

    Township. Census ID 172054.