Codington County, South Dakota

Codington County
Codington County
County
	Codington County Courthouse in July 2013
	Location within the U.S. state of South Dakota
	South Dakota's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 44°59′N 97°11′W / 44.98°N 97.18°W
Country	United States
State	South Dakota
Founded	1877 (created); 1878 (organized)
Named for	Reverend George S. S. Codington
Seat	Watertown
Largest city	Watertown
Area
• Total	717 sq mi (1,860 km2)
• Land	688 sq mi (1,780 km2)
• Water	29 sq mi (80 km2) 4.0%
Population (2020)
• Total	28,325
• Estimate (2023)	28,971
• Density	40/sq mi (15/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	At-large
Website	www.codington.org

Codington County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,325, making it the 7th most populous county in South Dakota.^[1] Its county seat is Watertown.^[2] The county was created in 1877 and organized in 1878.^[3] It is named for Rev. George S. S. Codington, Dakota Territory legislator.^[4]

Codington County comprises the Watertown, SD Micropolitan Statistical Area.

^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ "Dakota Territory, South Dakota, and North Dakota: Individual County Chronologies". Dakota Territory Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2006. Archived from the original on April 2, 2018. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 86.