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Tripp County
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county in South Dakota, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Dakota
- Founded
- 1873 (created), 1909 (organized)
- Named after
- Bartlett Tripp
- Seat
- Winner
- Largest city
- Winner
- Total
- 1,618 sq mi (4,190 km )
- Land
- 1,612 sq mi (4,180 km )
- Water
- 5.1 sq mi (13 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 5,708
- Density
- 3.489/sq mi (1.347/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
- Website
- trippcounty .us
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Tripp County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,624. Its county seat is Winner. The county was created in 1873, and was organized in 1909. It is named for lawyer, judge, and diplomat Bartlett Tripp.
On May 8th, 1965, the county was struck by the only recorded F5 tornado in South Dakota history. The tornado was a mile wide and injured 1 person while tracking through the eastern portion of the county.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tripp County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.