Lyman County, South Dakota

Lyman County, South Dakota
Lyman County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,718. Its county seat is Kennebec.
Lyman County was created by the Dakota Territorial Legislature on January 8, 1873, but was not organized until May 21, 1893. Its boundaries were altered in 1891, 1897, 1898, and 1916. The county was named for W. P. Lyman, a politician.
History
Lyman County was created in 1873 and organized in 1893. Oacoma served as its first county seat in 1891; in 1922 the seat was transferred to Kennebec.
Geography
Lyman County is bordered on the north and east by the Missouri River, which flows southerly along its edge, and the western portion of its south line is also delineated by the
White River, which then continued flowing eastward through the county's eastern area to discharge into the Missouri. Its upper central portion is drained by the Bad Horse Creek, which discharges into the Missouri near the midpoint of the county's north boundary.
The county terrain consists of rolling hills, sloping to the river drainages. Its area is largely devoted to agriculture. The county has a total area of , of which is land and (3.8%) is water.
Major highways
Interstate 90
U.S. Highway 83
U.S. Highway 183
South Dakota Highway 47
South Dakota Highway 49
South Dakota Highway 53
South Dakota Highway 273
South Dakota Highway 1806
Transit
Jefferson Lines
Adjacent counties
Hughes County - north
Hyde County - northeast
Buffalo County - northeast
Brule County - east
Charles Mix County - southeast
Gregory County - south
Tripp County - south
Mellette County - southwest
Jones County - west
Stanley County - northwest
Protected areas
Brakke State Game Production Area
Brye Bottom State Game Production Area
Bull Creek State Game Production Area
Carpenter State Game Production Area
Cedar Creek Recreation Area
Counselor Creek Recreation Area
Dude Ranch State Lakeside Use Area
Fate Dam State Game Production Aea
Fort Pierre National Grassland (part)
Good Soldier Creek Recreation Area
Iona State Game Production Area
Iron Nation Recreation Area
Lindely State Game Production Area
Lower Brule Recreation Area
Narrows Recreation Area
Neugebauer State Game Production Area
Reis Bottom State Game Production Area
Salzmann State Game Production Area
Lakes
Lake Francis Case (part)
Lake Sharpe (part)
Demographics
2020 census
As of the census of 2020, there were 3,718 people.
2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 3,755 people, 1,392 households, and 967 families in the county. The population density was . There were 1,704 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 58.3% white, 38.2% American Indian, 0.3% Asian, 0.1% black or African American, 0.1% from other races, and 2.9% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.1% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 27.3% were German, 9.2% were Irish, 9.1% were Norwegian, and 1.0% were American.
Of the 1,392 households, 35.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.1% were married couples living together, 15.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 30.5% were non-families, and 27.2% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.19. The median age was 36.1 years.
The median income for a household in the county was $36,323 and the median income for a family was $45,045. Males had a median income of $32,760 versus $25,512 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,930. About 17.4% of families and 18.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.4% of those under age 18 and 5.8% of those age 65 or over.
Communities
City
Presho
Towns
Kennebec (county seat)
Oacoma
Reliance
Census-designated places
Lower Brule
Vivian
West Brule
Other unincorporated communities
Iona
Lyman
Townships
Bailey
Butte
Dorman
Fairland
Iona
Morningside
Oacoma
Pleasant
Pratt
Reliance
Rex
Rose
Rowe
Sioux
Stony Butte
Unorganized territories
Black Dog
Lafayette
Lower Brule
McClure
Northwest Lyman
South Lyman
Politics
Lyman County voters have been Republican for decades. In no national election has the county selected a Democratic Party candidate since 1964, although Jimmy Carter, Michael Dukakis, Bill Clinton, John Kerry, and Barack Obama have all managed to exceed forty percent. When Hillary Clinton ran on the Democratic ticket in 2016, she won 26 percent of the county's vote, for the lowest Democratic result since Alton B. Parker in 1904 (22 percent).
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Lyman County, South Dakota
USS Lyman County (LST-903)
References
External links
Lyman County Herald
Lyman County website
South Dakota counties on the Missouri River
1893 establishments in South Dakota
Populated places established in 1893