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Codington County
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county in South Dakota, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Dakota
- Founded
- 1877 (created), 1878 (organized)
- Named after
- Reverend George S. S. Codington
- Seat
- Watertown
- Largest city
- Watertown
- Total
- 717 sq mi (1,860 km )
- Land
- 688 sq mi (1,780 km )
- Water
- 29 sq mi (75 km ) 4.0%
- Estimate 2025
- 29,562
- Density
- 41.2/sq mi (15.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
- Website
- www .codington .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Codington County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,325, making it the 7th most populous county in South Dakota. Its county seat is Watertown. The county was created in 1877 and organized in 1878. It is named for Rev. George S. S. Codington, Dakota Territory legislator.
Codington County comprises the Watertown, SD Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Codington County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.