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Stanley County
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county in South Dakota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Dakota
- Founded
- 1873 (created), 1890 (organized)
- Named after
- David S. Stanley
- Seat
- Fort Pierre
- Largest city
- Fort Pierre
- Total
- 1,517 sq mi (3,930 km )
- Land
- 1,444 sq mi (3,740 km )
- Water
- 73 sq mi (190 km ) 4.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 3,018
- Density
- 2.06/sq mi (0.797/km )
- Western portion
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Eastern portion
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Congressional district
- At-large
- Website
- www .stanleycounty .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Stanley County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,980. Its county seat is Fort Pierre. The county was created in 1873, and was organized in 1890. It is named for David S. Stanley, a commander at Fort Sully from 1866 to 1874, which was located nearby.
Stanley County is included in the Pierre, SD Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stanley County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.