Brookings County, South Dakota

Brookings County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, 34,375 people lived there, making it the fifth-most populous county in South Dakota. Its county seat is Brookings. The county was created in 1862 and organized in 1871.

Brookings County comprises the Brookings, SD Micropolitan Statistical Area.

 Communities 

 Cities 
 Arlington (partial)
 Brookings (county seat)
 Bruce
 Elkton
 Volga
 White

 Towns 
 Aurora
 Bushnell
 Sinai

 Census-designated places 
 Lake Poinsett
 Newdale Colony
 Norfeld Colony
 Rolland Colony

 Unincorporated communities 
 Ahnberg
 Medary

Townships
The county is divided into twenty-three townships:

 Afton
 Alton
 Argo
 Aurora
 Bangor
 Brookings
 Elkton
 Eureka
 Lake Hendricks
 Lake Sinai
 Laketon
 Medary
 Oaklake
 Oakwood
 Oslo
 Parnell
 Preston
 Richland
 Sherman
 Sterling
 Trenton
 Volga
 Winsor

 References 

 Other websites 

 Brookings County, SD government website

Category:South Dakota counties
Category:1871 establishments in Dakota Territory