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Brookings County
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county in South Dakota, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Dakota
- Founded
- 1862 (created), July 3, 1871 (organized)
- Named after
- Wilmot Wood Brookings
- Seat
- Brookings
- Largest city
- Brookings
- Total
- 805 sq mi (2,080 km )
- Land
- 792 sq mi (2,050 km )
- Water
- 13 sq mi (34 km ) 1.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 37,635
- Density
- 47.5/sq mi (18.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
- Website
- www .brookingscountysd .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Brookings County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 34,375, making it the fifth most populous county in South Dakota. Its county seat is Brookings. The county was created in 1862 and organized in 1871.
Brookings County comprises the Brookings, SD Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is also the location of South Dakota State University.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brookings County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.