Hughes Coonty, Sooth Dakota

Hughes Coonty, Sooth Dakota
Hughes County Courthouse in Pierre
Cairt o Sooth Dakota heichlichtin Hughes Coonty Location in the U.S. state o Sooth Dakota
Sooth Dakota's location in the U.S.
Foondit	1880
Seat	Pierre
Lairgest ceety	Pierre
Area
• Tot	801 sq mi (2,075 km2)
• Laund	742 sq mi (1,922 km2)
• Watter	59 sq mi (153 km2), 7.4%
Population (est.)
• (2015)	17,555
• Density	23/sq mi (9/km²)
Congressional destrict	At-large
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5
Wabsteid	www.hughescounty.org

Hughes Coonty is a coonty locatit in the U.S. state o Sooth Dakota. As o the 2010 census, the population wis 17,022, makkin it the least populous caipital coonty in the naition. Its coonty seat is Pierre, the state caipital. The coonty wis creatit in 1873 an organisit in 1880. It wis namit for Alexander Hughes, a legislator.

Hughes Coonty is pairt o the Pierre, SD Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Geografie

Accordin tae the U.S. Census Bureau, the coonty haes a total aurie o 801 square mile (2,070 km²), o which 742 square mile (1,920 km²) is laund an 59 square mile (150 km²) (7.4%) is watter.

Major heich-gates

• U.S. Highway 14
• U.S. Highway 83
• South Dakota Highway 34
• South Dakota Highway 1804