Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota
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Oglala Lakota County (known as Shannon County until May 2015)[2] is a county in southwestern South Dakota, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,672.[3] Oglala Lakota County does not have a functioning county seat; Hot Springs in neighboring Fall River County serves as its administrative center.[1] The county was created as a part of the Dakota Territory in 1875, although it remains unorganized.[4][5] Its largest community is Pine Ridge.
Oglala Lakota County | |
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Coordinates: 43.33°N 102.55°W / 43.33; -102.55 | |
Country | United States |
State | South Dakota |
Founded | 1875 |
Named for | Oglala Lakota people |
Seat | None (de jure) Hot Springs (de facto)[1] |
Largest community | Pine Ridge |
Area | |
• Total | 2,097 sq mi (5,430 km2) |
• Land | 2,094 sq mi (5,420 km2) |
• Water | 2.8 sq mi (7 km2) 0.1% |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 13,672 |
• Estimate (2023) | 13,434 |
• Density | 6.5/sq mi (2.5/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−7 (Mountain) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
Congressional district | At-large |
Website | oglalalakota |
Hot Springs in neighboring Fall River County serves as administrative center for county[1] |
The county lies entirely within the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and contains part of Badlands National Park. It is one of five South Dakota counties entirely on an Indian reservation.[6]
The county is named after the Oglala Lakota, a band of the Lakota people. Many of the county's inhabitants are members of this sub-tribe.
Reservation poverty affects the county, which is the poorest county in the US (only 28 county-equivalents in the U.S. territories are poorer). Oglala Lakota County is the only dry county in South Dakota.
The newspaper for Oglala Lakota County is The Lakota Country Times.[7][8]