Lincoln County, South Dakota

Lincoln County
County
Lincoln County Courthouse in Canton
Location within the U.S. state of South Dakota
South Dakota's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 43°17′N 96°43′W / 43.28°N 96.72°W / 43.28; -96.72
Country	United States
State	South Dakota
Founded	December 30, 1867
Named for	Lincoln County, Maine[1] OR Abraham Lincoln[2]
Seat	Canton
Largest city	Sioux Falls
Area
• Total	578 sq mi (1,500 km2)
• Land	577 sq mi (1,490 km2)
• Water	0.5 sq mi (1 km2)  0.08%
Population  (2020)
• Total	65,161
• Density	110/sq mi (44/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	At-large
Website	lincolncountysd.org

Lincoln County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,161.^[3] This makes it the third-most populated county in the state. Its county seat is Canton.^[4] The first resident of the area was A. I. Linderman in 1866.^[5] He was the only resident until the summer of 1867.^[5] Lincoln county was incorporated on December 30, 1867.^[6] The county was named for Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States.^[7]

1. ↑ "RootsWeb.com Home Page". www.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
2. ↑ Cite error: The named reference HG was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
3. ↑ "QuickFacts: Lincoln County, South Dakota". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
4. ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Doane Robinson, History of South Dakota, Volume 1 (Logansport, IN: B.F. Bowen, 1904), p. 240
6. ↑ "Welcome". Lincoln County, South Dakota. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
7. ↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 187.