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Lyman County
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county in South Dakota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Dakota
- Named after
- W. P. Lyman
- Seat
- Kennebec
- Largest community
- Lower Brule
- Total
- 1,707 sq mi (4,420 km )
- Land
- 1,642 sq mi (4,250 km )
- Water
- 65 sq mi (170 km ) 3.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 3,694
- Density
- 2.264/sq mi (0.8743/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
- Website
- www .lymancounty .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Lyman County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,718. Its county seat is Kennebec.
Lyman County was created by the Dakota Territorial Legislature on January 8, 1873, but was not organized until May 21, 1893. Its boundaries were altered in 1891, 1897, 1898, and 1916. The county was named for W. P. Lyman, a politician.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lyman County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.