Aurora County, South Dakota

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Aurora County, South Dakota
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Location in the state of South Dakota
Statistics
Formed	1879
Seat	Plankinton
Area - Total - Land - Water	1,845 km² (713 mi²) sq mi ( km²) 11 km² (4 mi²), 0.61%
Population - (2000) - Density	3,058 2/km² (4/mi²)/km²

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

1 History
2 Geography
3 Demographics
4 Cities and towns

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] Major Highways

Interstate 90
U.S. Highway 281
South Dakota Highway 42

[edit] 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

[edit] Demographics

Aurora County Population by year
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

As of the census ² of 2000, there were 3,058 people, 1,165 households, and 816 families residing in the county. The population density was 2/km² (4/mi²). There were 1,298 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 95.68% White, 0.29% Black or African American, 1.93% Native American, 0.10% Asian, 1.44% from other races, and 0.56% from two or more races. 2.09% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

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.

[edit] Cities and towns

	State of South Dakota
Capital	Pierre
Regions	Badlands \| Black Hills \| Coteau des Prairies
Cities	Aberdeen \| Brandon \| Brookings \| Huron \| Madison \| Mitchell \| Pierre \| Rapid City \| Sioux Falls \| Spearfish \| Sturgis \| Vermillion \| Watertown \| Yankton
Counties	Aurora \| Beadle \| Bennett \| 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