Washabaugh County, South Dakota

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

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
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]

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 Pine Ridge Indian Reservation including the community of Wanblee. The eastern portion of the county was within the Rosebud Indian Reservation until 1911, when that part was annexed into the newly created Mellette County.[7] By 1914, Washabaugh County's boundaries were expanded to include a portion of Washington County to the west and all of Jackson County south of the White River.[8]

Demographics

As an unorganized county lying entirely within two American Indian reservations, Washabaugh did not report separate population totals during the 1890, 1900, and 1910 censuses. Instead, population was included in the total population counts for the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations.[9] The county started reporting separate population counts with the 1920 Census.

Washabaugh County Population by Year[10]
189019001910192019301940195019601970
[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. 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. 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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