Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Minnehaha County is a county in South Dakota in the United States. As of the 2020 census, 197,214 people lived there. It is the most populous county in South Dakota.  The county seat of Minnehaha County is Sioux Falls.  The county took its name from the Sioux Indian word "Mnihaha" which means "rapid water" or "waterfall." The word is often incorrectly translated as "laughing water."  The word was changed to its current spelling to make it easier to pronounce. Minnehaha County is part of the Sioux Falls, SD, Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

In the 1870 census there were 355 people living in the county.

Geography
The county has a total area of . Of this,  is land and  (0.49%) is water.  The Big Sioux River flows through the county.

 Townships 
The county is divided into twenty-four townships: Brandon, Benton, Buffalo, Burk, Clear Lake, Dell Rapids, Edison, Grand Meadow, Hartford, Highland, Humboldt, Logan, Lyons, Mapleton, Palisade, Red Rock, Sioux Falls, Split Rock, Sverdrup, Taopi, Valley Springs, Wall Lake, Wayne, Wellington.

 Adjacent Counties 
 Moody County, South Dakota - north
 Rock County, Minnesota - east
 Lyon County, Iowa - southeast
 Lincoln County, South Dakota - south
 Turner County, South Dakota - southwest
 McCook County, South Dakota - west
 Lake County, South Dakota - northwest

Lakes
 Beaver Lake
 Buffalo Lake
 Clear Lake
 Covell Lake
 Fenstrman Slough
 Grass Lake
 Loss Lake
 Lost Lake
 Rehfeldt Slough
 Scott Lake
 Wall Lake

 Cities and towns 
SettlementPopulation Sioux Falls  192,517 Brandon  11,048 Dell Rapids  3,996 Hartford  3,354 Crooks  1,362 Baltic  1,246 Garretson  1,228 Valley Springs  885 Colton  738 Humboldt  579 Sherman 812020 United States Census

Other places in Minnehaha County 
Benclare
Booge pop. 6
Corson pop. 70
Ellis
Lyons
Midway
Morefield
Renner
Rowena

Historical Townsites
East Sioux Falls
Eminija
Huntimer
South Sioux Falls
West Sioux Falls
Wingert

Notes

References

Other websites
 Minnehaha County, SD government website

Category:South Dakota counties
Category:1862 establishments in Dakota Territory