Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota
| Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota | |
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 Location in the U.S. state of South Dakota |
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 South Dakota's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | 1875 |
| Named for | Oglala Lakota |
| Seat | none |
| Largest community | Pine Ridge |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,097 sq mi (5,431 km2) |
| • Land | 2,094 sq mi (5,423 km2) |
| • Water | 2.8 sq mi (7 km2), 0.1% |
| Population (est.) | |
| • (2015) | 14,373 |
| • Density | 6.5/sq mi (3/km²) |
| Congressional district | At-large |
| Time zone | Mountain: UTC-7/-6 |
| Website | oglalalakota |
| Footnotes: Hot Springs in neighboring Fall River County serves as its administrative center | |
Oglala Lakota County, known as Shannon County until May 2015, is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. The population was 13,586 at the 2010 census. Oglala Lakota County does not have its own county seat. Instead, Hot Springs in neighboring Fall River County serves as its administrative center. The county was created as a part of the Dakota Territory in 1875, although it remains unorganized. Its largest community is Pine Ridge.
The county is 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. (The others are Corson, Dewey, Todd, and Ziebach.)
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.
The county's per-capita income makes it the poorest county in the United States. It is the only dry county in South Dakota.
The newspaper for Oglala Lakota County is The Lakota Country Times.
The place of the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre is located in Oglala Lakota County.
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