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Lawrence County
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county in South Dakota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Dakota
- Founded
- January 11, 1875 (created), 1877 (organized)
- Named after
- John Lawrence
- Seat
- Deadwood
- Largest city
- Spearfish
- Total
- 800.311 sq mi (2,072.80 km )
- Land
- 800.053 sq mi (2,072.13 km )
- Water
- 0.258 sq mi (0.67 km ) 0.03%
- Estimate 2025
- 29,459
- Density
- 35.068/sq mi (13.540/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
- Website
- lawrence.sd.us
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
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Lawrence County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,768, making it the 8th most populous county in South Dakota, and was estimated to be 29,459 in 2025. Its county seat is Deadwood.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lawrence County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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