Counties and County Seats of South Dakota
South Dakota has 66 counties. This map quiz helps students in grades 5–12 learn every county and its county seat by clicking the map. Start with one region, then try them all at once. Guided mode shows region colors and hints, and Challenge mode takes them away.
66counties
5map regions to practice one at a time
4county seats that share their county’s name
Quick questions
- How many counties does South Dakota have?
- South Dakota has 66 counties.
- What is the county seat of Fall River County?
- Hot Springs.
- What is the county seat of McPherson County?
- Leola.
All 66 South Dakota counties, with county seats
Southeast
- Aurora – Plankinton
- Bon Homme – Tyndall
- Brule – Chamberlain
- Charles Mix – Lake Andes
- Clay – Vermillion
- Davison – Mitchell
- Douglas – Armour
- Gregory – Burke
- Hanson – Alexandria
- Hutchinson – Olivet
- Jerauld – Wessington Springs
- Lake – Madison
- Lincoln – Canton
- McCook – Salem
- Miner – Howard
- Minnehaha – Sioux Falls
- Moody – Flandreau
- Sanborn – Woonsocket
- Turner – Parker
- Union – Elk Point
- Yankton – Yankton
Northeast
- Beadle – Huron
- Brookings – Brookings
- Brown – Aberdeen
- Clark – Clark
- Codington – Watertown
- Day – Webster
- Deuel – Clear Lake
- Grant – Milbank
- Hamlin – Hayti
- Kingsbury – De Smet
- Marshall – Britton
- Roberts – Sisseton
- Spink – Redfield
Southwest
- Bennett – Martin
- Haakon – Philip
- Jackson – Kadoka
- Jones – Murdo
- Lyman – Kennebec
- Mellette – White River
- Oglala Lakota – Hot Springs
- Stanley – Fort Pierre
- Todd – Winner
- Tripp – Winner
North
- Buffalo – Gann Valley
- Campbell – Mound City
- Corson – McIntosh
- Dewey – Timber Lake
- Edmunds – Ipswich
- Faulk – Faulkton
- Hand – Miller
- Hughes – Pierre
- Hyde – Highmore
- McPherson – Leola
- Potter – Gettysburg
- Sully – Onida
- Walworth – Selby
West
- Butte – Belle Fourche
- Custer – Custer
- Fall River – Hot Springs
- Harding – Buffalo
- Lawrence – Deadwood
- Meade – Sturgis
- Pennington – Rapid City
- Perkins – Bison
- Ziebach – Dupree
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