File:JonesCountySD_FreierRoundBarn.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Jones County
Sign in to saveAlso known as Jones County, South Dakota, Jones County, SD
county in South Dakota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Dakota
- Founded
- 1916 (created), January 15, 1917 (organized)
- Named after
- George Wallace Jones
- Seat
- Murdo
- Largest city
- Murdo
- Total
- 970.883 sq mi (2,514.58 km )
- Land
- 969.668 sq mi (2,511.43 km )
- Water
- 1.215 sq mi (3.15 km ) 0.1%
- Density
- 0.882/sq mi (0.341/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- George W. Jones
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- South Dakota
- Contains
- Murdo
- Capital
- Murdo
- Population
- 917
- Area
- 2517
- Shares border with
- Jackson County
- Image
- JonesCountySD FreierRoundBarn.jpg
- Households
- 419
Show 8 more facts
- Commons category
- Jones County, South Dakota
- topic's main category
- Category:Jones County, South Dakota
- inception
- 1916-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Jones County, South Dakota
- different from
- Jones County
- water as percent of area
- 0.1
- native label
- Jones County
- per capita income
- 25885
Sources (9)
via Wikidata · CC0
~5 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Jones County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 917, making it the least populous county in South Dakota. Its county seat is Murdo. Created in 1916 and organized in 1917, it is the most recently established county in South Dakota.
It was named after Granville Whittington Jones, an Arkansas-born clergyman/lawyer, who moved to Chamberlain, SD and became a noted Chautauqua speaker.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jones County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.