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Hughes County, South Dakota, United States

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Details for Hughes County

NameHughes County
Place TypeCounty
Located in
County SeatPierre
Coordinates
Latitude 44.4166493 44° 24' 59.9" N
Longitude -99.9837329 99° 59' 01.4" W
Population14,817
Elevation503 m
Surrounding CountiesHyde E
Buffalo SE
Lyman S
Stanley W
Sully NW
USGS GNIS FeatureID1265774
Histopolis Place ID704442191
Updated May 12, 2011
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Genealogy Resources for Hughes County

7 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.
Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=2390 (1 Sep 2009)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > South Dakota > Hughes County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > South Dakota > Hughes County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/SD/Hughes/ (5 Aug 2010)

Cemeteries in or near Hughes County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=12872&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (22 Dec 2007)

Hughes County SDGENWEB Archives [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/sd/hughes/hughes.html (23 Jan 2010)

South Dakota Gravestone Photo Project - Cemetery Index [South Dakota Gravestone Photos]
Research your South Dakota ancestors and family history by searching our online database of South Dakota gravestone photos. Locate South Dakota gravestone images of your descendants and discover your South Dakota roots.
http://southdakotagravestones.org/cemeteries.php?selected_cid=32 (2 Dec 2010)

Hughes County, South Dakota SD, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Hughes County, South Dakota SD, county profile, with sections on demographics, cemeteries, the economy, government, history and politics.
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=12872 (23 Nov 2008)

The Political Graveyard: Hughes County, S.Dak. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/HU.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

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Surveys in Hughes County

2 Surveys, 10 Ranges, 35 Townships

The Black Hills Meridian and Fifth Principal Meridian surveys govern land descriptions in all or part of Hughes County. You can navigate to any of the 35 survey townships that overlap Hughes County using the navigation tool below.


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Townships, Unorganized Territories, Cities and Towns of Hughes County

2 Townships, 2 Unorganized Territories, 2 Cities, 1 Town (Township is assumed unless noted)

Cities of Hughes County

2 Cities, 1 Town, 7 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)

Cemeteries of Hughes County

7 Cemeteries, 1 Alternate Name (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)

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