Hughes County
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Dakota
- Founded
- January 8, 1873 (created), November 26, 1880 (organized)
- Named after
- Alexander Hughes
- Seat
- Pierre
- Largest city
- Pierre
- Total
- 801 sq mi (2,070 km )
- Land
- 742 sq mi (1,920 km )
- Water
- 59 sq mi (150 km ) 7.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 17,570
- Density
- 23.9/sq mi (9.24/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
- Website
- www .hughescounty .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Hughes County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,765, making it the least populous capital county in the nation, and the 12th most populous county in South Dakota. Its county seat and most populous city is Pierre, which is also the state capital. The county was created in 1873, and was organized in 1880. It was named for Alexander Hughes, a legislator. On June 4, 1891, the county's area was increased by the addition of Farm Island, in the Missouri River downstream of Pierre.
Hughes County is part of the Pierre, SD Micropolitan Statistical Area.