Butte County was established here in 1883, which was before the Dakota Territory was officially part of the United States. South Dakota joined the United States in 1889 (simultaneously with North Dakota). The county seat is here in Belle Fourche. Butte County is the most northern of the counties comprising the Black Hills group. It has an area of about 1,300 square miles. The principal industries are farming and stock-raising, for which the country is well adapted. The general character of the surface, outside the Black Hills is rolling prairie, with valleys along the streams. In addition to Belle Fourche, the only other city in the county is Newell and then there are the towns of Fruitdale and Nisland plus a number of unincorporated communities and townships. The population was 10243 in the 2020 census, up from 1037 recorded in 1890. The county is fiercely Republican. No Democratic presidential candidate has carried Butte County since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932. [Review 17139 overall - 20 in South Dakota - 656 of 2022.] read more

Butte County - The Butte County courthouse in Belle Fourche SD - Belle Fourche, South Dakota

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