Kingsbury County
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county in South Dakota, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Dakota
- Founded
- 1873 (created), 1880 (organized)
- Named after
- George W. Kingsbury, & T.A. Kingsbury
- Seat
- De Smet
- Largest city
- De Smet
- Total
- 864 sq mi (2,240 km )
- Land
- 832 sq mi (2,150 km )
- Water
- 32 sq mi (83 km ) 3.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 5,284
- Density
- 6.4/sq mi (2.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
- Website
- kingsbury .sdcounties .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- South Dakota
- Contains
- De Smet
- Capital
- De Smet
- Population
- 5187
- Area
- 2237
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Shares border with
- Sanborn County
- Official website
- kingsbury.sdcounties.org
- Image
- Kingsbury County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 2172
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- Commons category
- Kingsbury County, South Dakota
- topic's main category
- Category:Kingsbury County, South Dakota
- inception
- 1873-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Kingsbury County, South Dakota
- water as percent of area
- 3.6
- native label
- Kingsbury County
- per capita income
- 34711
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Encyclopedic overview
Kingsbury County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,187. Its county seat is De Smet. The county was created in 1873, and was organized in 1880. It was named for brothers George W. and T. A. Kingsbury, descendants of the colonial English Kingsbury family in Boston, Massachusetts. They were prominently involved in the affairs of Dakota Territory and served as elected members of several Territorial Legislatures.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kingsbury County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.