McCook County, South Dakota

McCook County
McCook County
County
	McCook County Courthouse
	Location within the U.S. state of South Dakota
	South Dakota's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 43°40′N 97°22′W / 43.67°N 97.36°W
Country	United States
State	South Dakota
Founded	January 8, 1873 (created); June 15, 1878 (organized)
Named for	Edwin Stanton McCook
Seat	Salem
Largest city	Salem
Area
• Total	577 sq mi (1,490 km2)
• Land	574 sq mi (1,490 km2)
• Water	2.7 sq mi (7 km2) 0.5%
Population (2020)
• Total	5,682
• Estimate (2023)	5,809
• Density	9.8/sq mi (3.8/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	At-large
Website	www.mccookcountysd.com

McCook County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. At the 2020 census, the population was 5,682.^[1] Its county seat is Salem.^[2] The county was established in 1873, and was organized in 1878.^[3] It was named for the former governor of the Dakota Territory and Civil War general Edwin Stanton McCook.^[4]^[5]

^ "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". The Newberry Library. 2006. Archived from the original on April 2, 2018. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
^ Hellmann, Paul T. (May 13, 2013). Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Routledge. p. 997. ISBN 978-1135948597. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 162.