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Brookings County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 34,375, [1] making it the fifth most populous county in South Dakota. Its county seat is Brookings. [2] The county was created in 1862 and organized in 1871. [3] Brookings County comprises the Brookings, SD Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Brookings is a city in and the county seat of Brookings County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 23,377 at the 2020 census , [ 5 ] making it the fourth most populous city in South Dakota, and was estimated to be 24,312 in 2023. [ 6 ]
It also adds turbines to the portion of Buffalo Ridge that is in Brookings County, South Dakota. The land where the wind farm resides is privately owned farm land. To acquire a piece of this land for the use of wind turbines, the wind developer rents or leases the plot of land from the farmer who owns the land.
Elkton is a city in Brookings County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 755 at the 2020 census. [7] Some of Elkton's population also have Minnesota addresses since the city is located so close to the state line.
The Brookings County Museum, consisting of six buildings, is situated in Volga City Park. The museum contains around 5,000 artifacts related to the county's history. It was initially set up in the Brookings County Courthouse, in 1939. [27] [28] In 1965, Volga's City Council provided the Brookings County Historical Society land for a museum.
Location of Brookings County in South Dakota. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Brookings County, South Dakota.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Brookings County, South Dakota, United States.
The three-digit number is unique to each individual county within a state, but to be unique within the entire United States, it must be prefixed by the state code. This means that, for example, the number 001 is shared by Aitkin County, Minnesota, Adams County, Wisconsin, and Adair County, Iowa. To uniquely identify Aitkin County, Minnesota ...
Wilmot Wood Brookings (October 23, 1830 – June 13, 1905) was an American pioneer, frontier judge, and early South Dakotan politician. He was provisional governor of the Dakota Territory, and both the cities of Wilmot and Brookings as well as the county of Brookings, South Dakota are named for him. [1] [2]