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Butte County
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county in South Dakota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Dakota
- Founded
- March 2, 1883, May 6, 1883
- Named after
- Hills in the county
- Seat
- Belle Fourche
- Largest city
- Belle Fourche
- Total
- 2,266 sq mi (5,870 km )
- Land
- 2,250 sq mi (5,800 km )
- Water
- 16 sq mi (41 km ) 0.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 10,856
- Density
- 4.55/sq mi (1.76/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
- Website
- butte .sdcounties .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 10243
- Area
- 5870
- Official website
- butte.sdcounties.org
- Image
- BUTTE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, BELLE FOURCHE.jpg
- Households
- 4179
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- Commons category
- Butte County, South Dakota
- inception
- 1883-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.7
- native label
- Butte County
- per capita income
- 28974
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Butte County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,243. Its county seat is Belle Fourche. The county was established in the Dakota Territory on March 2, 1883, and given the descriptive name based on the French word for a hill.
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