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'''Washabaugh County''' is now a defunct county in [[South Dakota]]. |
'''Washabaugh County''' is now a defunct county in [[South Dakota]]. First established in 1883 as a county in [[Dakota Territory]] from a part of [[Lugenbeel County, South Dakota|Lugenbeel County]], it became a county in South Dakota upon that state's admission to the United States as a state in 1889.<ref name=newberry>{{cite web |url=http://historical-county.newberry.org/Website/South_Dakota/documents/DAKs_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#WASHABAUGH (extinct) |title= Dakota Territory, South Dakota, and North Dakota: Individual County Chronologies |accessdate=2008-07-18 |work= Dakota Territory Atlas of Historical County Boundaries |author = John H. Long, Editor |publisher= Newberry Library |date= 2006 }}</ref> Washabaugh remained an unorganized county, attached to various other counties for judicial purposes, until it merged with [[Jackson County, South Dakota|Jackson County]] in 1983.<ref name=newberry/> The county encompased the northeast corner of the [[Pine Ridge Indian Reservation]] including the community of [[Wanblee, South Dakota|Wanblee]]. The county was named after [[Frank Washabaugh]], a prominent South Dakota politician.<ref>{{cite book|last= Gannett|first= Henry|title= The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States|origyear= 1905|edition= Second Edition|publisher= [[Government Printing Office]]|location= [[Washington, D.C.]]|pages= 316}}</ref><ref>{{Google books|9V1IAAAAMAAJ|Place Names in the United States}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 18:06, 18 July 2008
Washabaugh County is now a defunct county in South Dakota. First established in 1883 as a county in Dakota Territory from a part of Lugenbeel County, it became a county in South Dakota upon that state's admission to the United States as a state in 1889.[1] Washabaugh remained an unorganized county, attached to various other counties for judicial purposes, until it merged with Jackson County in 1983.[1] The county encompased the northeast corner of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation including the community of Wanblee. The county was named after Frank Washabaugh, a prominent South Dakota politician.[2][3]
Geography
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.[4]
Demographics
| Washabaugh County Population by year[5] | |
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1890 - ? | |
References
- ^ a b John H. Long, Editor (2006). (extinct) "Dakota Territory, South Dakota, and North Dakota: Individual County Chronologies". Dakota Territory Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Newberry Library. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help); Check|url=value (help) - ^ Gannett, Henry. The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States (Second Edition ed.). Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. p. 316.
{{cite book}}:|edition=has extra text (help) - ^ Place Names in the United States at Google Books
- ^ 1914 Map of Washabaugh County
- ^ *US Bureau of the Census. SOUTH DAKOTA - Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990. (accessed October 16, 2006)
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