Aurora County
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county in South Dakota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Dakota
- Founded
- 1879 (created), 1881 (organized)
- Named after
- Aurora, a Roman goddess
- Seat
- Plankinton
- Largest city
- Plankinton
- Total
- 713 sq mi (1,850 km )
- Land
- 708 sq mi (1,830 km )
- Water
- 4.3 sq mi (11 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 2,801
- Density
- 3.88/sq mi (1.50/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
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Encyclopedic overview
Aurora County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,747. The county was created in 1879, and was organized in 1881.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aurora County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.