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Yankton County

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Also known as Yankton County, South Dakota, Yankton County, SD

county in South Dakota, United States

Key facts

Country
United States
State
South Dakota
Founded
April 10, 1862
Named after
Yankton Sioux
Seat
Yankton
Largest city
Yankton
Total
532 sq mi (1,380 km )
Land
521 sq mi (1,350 km )
Water
11 sq mi (28 km ) 2.1%
Estimate 2025
23,635
Density
45.4/sq mi (17.5/km )
Time zone
UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst
UTC−5 ( CDT )
Congressional district
At-large
Website
www .co .yankton .sd .us

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Named after
Yankton
Located in
South Dakota
Contains
Yankton
Capital
Yankton
Population
23310
Area
532
Shares border with
Turner County
Official website
www.co.yankton.sd.us
Image
Scottish Rite Masonic Center (Yankton SD) from E 1.JPG
Households
9558
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Commons category
Yankton County, South Dakota
water as percent of area
2.1
native label
Yankton County
inception
1862-00-00
per capita income
32804
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Encyclopedic overview

Missouri River in winter downstream from Yankton, with Nebraska below and South Dakota above. This stretch of the river is part of the 59-mile reach of the Missouri National Recreational River.

Yankton County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,310, making it the 9th most populous county in South Dakota. Its county seat is Yankton. Yankton County comprises the Yankton, SD Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yankton County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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