Corson County, South Dakota

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The county was named for Dighton Corson, a native of Maine, who came to the Black Hills in 1876, and in 1877 began practicing law at Deadwood.

The county is encompassed within the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, which extends into North Dakota. The Lakota people reside primarily in the South Dakota part of the reservation; the Yanktonai and Dakota live in that part in North Dakota. The Grand River, a tributary of the Missouri River, runs through the reservation.

Adjacent Counties

• Sioux County, North Dakota
• Campbell County
• Walworth County
• Dewey County
• Ziebach County
• Perkins County
• Adams County, North Dakota

Cities, Towns & Communities

• Bullhead
• Central Corson
• Custer
• Delaney
• Keldron
• Lake
• Lemmon No. 2
• Little Eagle
• McIntosh (County Seat)
• McLaughlin
• Miscol
• Mission
• Morristown
• Northeast Corson
• Pleasant Ridge
• Prairie View
• Ridgeland
• Rolling Green
• Sherman
• Thunder Hawk
• Trail City
• Wakpala
• Walker
• Watauga
• West Corson

Links

Wikipedia

Sitting Bull Monument

Standing Rock Indian Reservation

Grand River National Grassland (part)

National Register of Historic Places

Genealogy Trails

Forebears.io

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