Potter County
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county in South Dakota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Dakota
- Founded
- 1873 (created), 1883 (organized)
- Named after
- Joel A. Potter
- Seat
- Gettysburg
- Largest city
- Gettysburg
- Total
- 899 sq mi (2,330 km )
- Land
- 861 sq mi (2,230 km )
- Water
- 38 sq mi (98 km ) 4.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 2,377
- Density
- 2.87/sq mi (1.11/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- South Dakota
- Contains
- Gettysburg
- Capital
- Gettysburg
- Population
- 2472
- Area
- 2327
- Shares border with
- Dewey County
- Image
- POTTER COUNTY COURTHOUSE, GETTYSBURG, SD.jpg
- Households
- 997
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- inception
- 1875-00-00
- Commons category
- Potter County, South Dakota
- topic's main category
- Category:Potter County, South Dakota
- different from
- Potter County
- water as percent of area
- 4.2
- native label
- Potter County
- per capita income
- 30845
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Potter County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,472. Its county seat is Gettysburg. The county was created in 1873 and organized in 1883.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Potter County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.