Washabaugh County, South Dakota

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Washabaugh County, South Dakota
Map of Washabaugh County showing its boundaries in 1892
Map of Washabaugh County showing its boundaries in 1892
Coordinates: 43°33′10″N 101°41′12″W / 43.55278°N 101.68667°W / 43.55278; -101.68667
CountyUnited States
StateSouth Dakota
EstablishedMarch 9, 1883
DissolvedJanuary 1, 1983
Area
[1]
 • Total1,061 sq mi (2,750 km2)
Elevation
2,713 ft (827 m)
Population
 (1970)
 • Total1,389
 • Density1.3/sq mi (0.5/km2)
GNIS feature ID1265805[2]

Washabaugh County was a county in South Dakota. The county was named after Frank J. Washabaugh, a prominent South Dakota politician.[3][4]

History

First established in 1883 as a county in Dakota Territory from a part of Lugenbeel County, it became a county in the new state of South Dakota in 1889.[5] Washabaugh remained an unorganized county, attached to various other counties for judicial purposes, until it merged with Jackson County in 1983.[5] When Absaroka was proposed as a new state in the late 1930s, its territory included Washabaugh County.

United States presidential election results for Washabaugh County, South Dakota[6]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No.  % No.  % No.  %
1976 229 43.54% 276 52.47% 21 3.99%
1972 245 53.73% 211 46.27% 0 0.00%
1968 224 49.89% 203 45.21% 22 4.90%
1964 211 37.75% 348 62.25% 0 0.00%
1960 260 54.97% 213 45.03% 0 0.00%
1956 265 58.89% 185 41.11% 0 0.00%
1952 319 68.45% 147 31.55% 0 0.00%
1948 192 45.82% 223 53.22% 4 0.95%
1944 139 48.77% 146 51.23% 0 0.00%
1940 358 48.91% 374 51.09% 0 0.00%
1936 238 42.42% 313 55.79% 10 1.78%
1932 134 17.61% 612 80.42% 15 1.97%
1928 294 50.69% 282 48.62% 4 0.69%
1924 246 57.88% 121 28.47% 58 13.65%

Geography

The county encompassed the northeast corner of the

White River.[8]

Demographics

As an unorganized county lying entirely within two

1920 Census
.

Washabaugh County Population by Year[10]
1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970
[9] [9] [9] 1,166 2,474 1,980 1,551 1,042 1,389

References

  1. ^ United States Census Bureau (1973). 1970 Census of Population: South Dakota (PDF). Vol. 1, Part 43. Government Printing Office. p. 15.
  2. ^ "Washabaugh County (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  3. ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States (Second ed.). Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. p. 316.
  4. ^ Place Names in the United States at Google Books
  5. ^ a b John H. Long, ed. (2006). "Dakota Territory, South Dakota, and North Dakota: Individual County Chronologies". Dakota Territory Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Newberry Library. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
  6. ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".
  7. ^ United States Census Bureau (1921). Fourteenth Census of the United States. State Compendium, South Dakota (PDF). Government Printing Office. pp. 12, 25.
  8. ^ 1914 Map of Washabaugh County
  9. ^ a b c d United States Census Bureau (1913). THIRTEENTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES (PDF). Vol. 3, Population. Government Printing Office. p. 689.
  10. ^ "SOUTH DAKOTA - Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. 1995. Retrieved 2006-10-16.
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