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Hyde County

county in South Dakota, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: South Dakota
Named after: James Hyde
Seat: Highmore
Largest city: Highmore
Total: 866 sq mi (2,240 km )
Land: 861 sq mi (2,230 km )
Water: 5.6 sq mi (15 km ) 0.6%
Estimate 2025: 1,191
Density: 1.47/sq mi (0.566/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst: UTC−5 ( CDT )
Congressional district: At-large
Website: hydeco .org

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Hyde County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,262, making it the second-least populous county in South Dakota. Its county seat is Highmore. The county was founded in 1873, as a county of the Dakota Territory, and organized in 1883. It was named for James Hyde, a member of legislature in the 1870s.

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