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Douglas County
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county in South Dakota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Dakota
- Founded
- 1873 (created), 1882 (organized)
- Named after
- Stephen A. Douglas
- Seat
- Armour
- Largest city
- Armour
- Total
- 434 sq mi (1,120 km )
- Land
- 432 sq mi (1,120 km )
- Water
- 1.9 sq mi (4.9 km ) 0.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 2,888
- Density
- 6.7/sq mi (2.6/km )
- Congressional district
- At-large
- Website
- douglas .sdcounties .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Douglas County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,835. Its county seat is Armour. The county was established in 1873 and organized in 1882. It is named for Stephen Douglas, Illinois political figure.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Douglas County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.