Corson County, South Dakota

 

Founding: 1909
Parent counties: Dewey, Schnasse, and Boreman

Namesake: Dighton Corson, South Dakota politician
Seat: McIntosh (1909–)

Land area: 2,470 square miles

Population (2020): 3,902

Population (historic): 2,929 (1910); 7,249 (1920); 9,535 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1910–1930; 1970s

Subdivisions: Two cities; one town; two CDPs; 11 townships; four territories

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 237 (15.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 16.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $604
Average outbuilding value (1930): $608
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,261
Average farm size (1920): 252.2 acres
Sources of settlement: South Dakota, Iowa, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Russia
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McIntosh

Namesake: Unknown

Founding: 1908 (platting); 1908 (post office)

Population (2020): 111

Population (historic): 409 (1910); 727 (1920); 663 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1910–1920
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 55 (53.4%)
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