Meade County
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county in South Dakota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Dakota
- Founded
- February 7, 1889
- Named after
- George Meade
- Seat
- Sturgis
- Largest city
- Sturgis
- Total
- 3,483 sq mi (9,020 km )
- Land
- 3,471 sq mi (8,990 km )
- Water
- 12 sq mi (31 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 30,711
- Density
- 8.600/sq mi (3.321/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
- Website
- www .meadecounty .org
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 29852
- Area
- 9020
- Official website
- www.meadecounty.org
- Image
- Black Hills National Cemetery.jpg
- Households
- 11142
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- Commons category
- Meade County, South Dakota
- inception
- 1889-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.3
- native label
- Meade County
- per capita income
- 29573
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Meade County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 29,852, making it the 6th most populous county in South Dakota. Its county seat is Sturgis. The county was created in 1889 and named for Fort Meade, which was garrisoned as a United States military post in the area in 1878 and itself named for General George Meade.
Meade County is part of the Rapid City metropolitan area.
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