Campbell County is a

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in the

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. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,377, making it the fourth-least populous county in South Dakota. Its

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is Mound City. The county was created in 1873 and organized in 1884. It was named for Norman B. Campbell, a

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in 1873 and son of

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Charles T. Campbell.

History

Campbell County was formed in 1873 and organized in 1884. La Grace served as the first county seat; in 1888 the seat was transferred to Mound City. By 1911 the communities of Artas, Herreid and Pollock had the largest populations because they were located on a branch of the Soo Line.1911 Maps of Campbell County, South Dakota
George A Ogle and Co. 1911. Accessed via Historic Map Works on October 16, 2022.

Geography

Campbell County lies on the north side of South Dakota; its north boundary line abuts the south boundary line of the state of

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. The

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flows southward along the county's west boundary line. The county terrain consists of semi-arid low rolling hills, a portion of which is dedicated to agriculture. The terrain slopes to the south and east, with its highest point occurring on the county's north boundary line, toward the NE corner: . The county has a total area of , of which is land and (4.8%) is water. The eastern portion of South Dakota's counties (48 of 66) observe Central Time; the western counties (18 of 66) observe

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. Campbell County is the westernmost of the SD counties to observe Central Time.

Major highways

* U.S. Highway 83 * South Dakota Highway 10 * South Dakota Highway 271 * South Dakota Highway 1804

Adjacent counties

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- north * McIntosh County, North Dakota - northeast * McPherson County - east * Walworth County - south * Corson County - west (boundary of

)

Protected areas

* Pocasse National Wildlife Refuge * Rogo Bay State Game Production Area * Salt Lake State Game Production Area * Sand Lake State Game Production Area * Shaw Creek State Lakeside Use Area * West Pollock State Recreation Area

Lakes

* McClarem Lake *

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(part) * Lake Pocasse *

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* Sand Lake

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, there were 1,377 people, 640 households, and 397 families residing in the county. The

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was . There were 900 housing units.

2010 census

As of the 2010 census, there were 1,466 people, 694 households, and 423 families in the county. The population density was . There were 980 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 98.3% white, 0.3% Asian, 0.3% American Indian, 0.1% black or African American, 0.2% from other races, and 0.8% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.4% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 68.5% were

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, 14.1% were Norwegian, 12.6% were Dutch, 11.4% were

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, 7.8% were Irish, and 2.7% were American. Of the 694 households, 21.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.6% were married couples living together, 3.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 39.0% were non-families, and 35.6% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.11 and the average family size was 2.70. The median age was 50.1 years. The median income for a household in the county was $42,833 and the median income for a family was $48,864. Males had a median income of $41,563 versus $30,705 for females. The per capita income for the county was $22,338. About 6.1% of families and 10.7% of the population were below the

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, including 20.8% of those under age 18 and 13.0% of those age 65 or over.

Religion

In the 2010 census, the largest denomination was the

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with 286 adherents, followed by the Catholic church with 191 members, the third was the

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with 186 followers. The Reformed Church in the United States, the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, and the North American Baptist Conference were also represented with lesser numbers. Campbell County has the highest percentage of Presbyterians in the United States.

Communities

There are no organized civil townships in Campbell County. Artas Township and Mound City Township are named, while Herreid Township, Pollock Township, Sand Lake Township and Stout's Lake Township are implied, in a 1911 map book.

City

* Herreid

Towns

* Artas * Mound City (county seat) *

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Unincorporated communities

* Gale (Coordinates: 45.79720, -100.26530)GRHS: Campbell County, South Dakota
Accessed October 16, 2022. * La Grace (ghost town, former county seat; Coordinates: 45.88000, -100.37190)Historical Marker Database: Flint Store and Post Office
Accessed October 16, 2002. * North Campbell * South Campbell * Tilso * Vanderbilt (ghost town) (Located in T 128 N, R 80 W, about 6 miles west-northwest of Pollock) – The Vanderbilt Archeological Site is in the vicinity.

Politics

With its rural German-American heritage, Campbell is an overwhelmingly Republican county. It has only once been carried by a Democratic presidential candidate, during

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’s landslide victory of 1932. Nonetheless, in the following election when FDR gained an even more emphatic victory by carrying forty-six of forty-eight states, his Republican opponent

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carried Campbell County by twenty-five percentage points, making the county Landon's second-strongest in the Plains States (behind Brown County in his home state). Since 1940, no Democrat has so much as equaled Roosevelt's 1936 share of the vote, and even before 1932, only

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in 1896 gained over forty percent of the vote for the Democratic Party. In 1952, Campbell was Dwight D. Eisenhower's third-strongest county in the nation,Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas
1952 Presidential Election Statistics
/ref> and in 1964 it rivalled

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in Nebraska and that famous GOP bastion Jackson County in Kentucky as

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’s strongest county outside the South.

References

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