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Hamlin County
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county in South Dakota, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Dakota
- Founded
- 1873 (created), 1878 (organized)
- Named after
- Hannibal Hamlin
- Seat
- Hayti
- Largest city
- Estelline
- Total
- 538 sq mi (1,390 km )
- Land
- 507 sq mi (1,310 km )
- Water
- 31 sq mi (80 km ) 5.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 6,900
- Density
- 13.6/sq mi (5.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
- Website
- hamlinco.us
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Hamlin County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,164. Its county seat is Hayti. The county was created in 1873 and organized in 1878. It was named for Hannibal Hamlin, Lincoln's first vice-president.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hamlin County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.