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| Website | http://www.brookingscountysd.gov/ |
| Established | November 02, 1889 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
| Contributor | RP |
| Last Modified | RP September 26, 2017 07:27am |
| Description | QUICK FACTS
Area: 794 sq. mi.
Population: 28,220
Seat: Brookings
The history of Brookings County begins with the act, which authorized its first boundaries on April 5, 1862. Its area at that time included parts of Moody, Lake and Kingsbury Counties but was reduced to its present dimensions in 1873. On January 13, 1871 the first commissioners were appointed to organize the county and Governor Burbank named Medary as the county seat. The town of Brookings was laid out in early October, 1879. There was a rush to the new town and Medary was moved almost bodily to Brookings. The question of the county seat came up at the November election and Brookings won over two other contestants. Bitter feelings and accusations of fraud followed, but Brookings became the legal county seat and the records were moved to the new town during the closing days of 1879. The establishment of the Agricultural College and experiment station at Brookings was by an act of the Territorial Legislature on February 21, 1881. |
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