Faulk County, South Dakota

Faulk County
Faulk County
County
	Faulk County Courthouse in July 2013
	Location within the U.S. state of South Dakota
	South Dakota's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 45°04′N 99°09′W / 45.07°N 99.15°W
Country	United States
State	South Dakota
Founded	1873 (created); 1883 (organized)
Named for	Andrew Jackson Faulk
Seat	Faulkton
Largest city	Faulkton
Area
• Total	1,006 sq mi (2,610 km2)
• Land	982 sq mi (2,540 km2)
• Water	24 sq mi (60 km2) 2.4%
Population (2020)
• Total	2,125
• Estimate (2023)	2,151
• Density	2.1/sq mi (0.82/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	At-large

Faulk County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,125.^[1] Its county seat is Faulkton.^[2] The county was founded in 1873 and organized in 1883.^[3] It is named for Andrew Jackson Faulk, the third Governor of Dakota Territory.^[4]

^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ "Dakota Territory, South Dakota, and North Dakota: Individual County Chronologies". Dakota Territory Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2006. Archived from the original on April 2, 2018. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 124.