Date Formed: 1884
County Seat: LeGrace - 1884-1888; Mound City - 1888 - present
Cities, townships and historical communities: Artas, Campbell, Gale, Herreid, *LaGrace, Mound City, Pollock, Tilso, and *Vanderbilt. * represents ghost town
Websites relating to Campbell County:
South Dakota GenWeb - Campbell County (
http://www.ehrman.net/campbell/index.html)
Wikipedia/Campbell County, South Dakota (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell_County,_South_Dakota)
Books:
100 years on the prairie: a history of Artas, 1901-2001
1884-1984, a century of memories, Mound City, South Dakota
Artas, 1901-1976
Herreid centennial history book
Herreid's diamond jubilee, 1901-1976
Herreid, South Dakota 50th anniversary
Pollock area history book 1989
These books are owned by Gayla Aspenleiter and she is willing to do look-ups for you. Contact her at
gayla@blackseagr.org Herreid, South Dakota History Book 1901-2001
Pollock (South Dakota) Area History Book
Pollock Area History Book 2001 Supplement
A Collection of Obituaries from Campbell County, SD and southwestern Emmons County, ND 1888-1988
Early History of Campbell County
Census Records
1880 Index (available online at
http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/sd/campbell/1880/ed100-pg027a.txt)