Aurora County, SD History - Books .....Aurora County 1925 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/sd/sdfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com October 15, 2007, 6:17 pm Book Title: Doane Robinson's Encyclopedia Of South Dakota Aurora County. Named from sentiment; created, 1879; organized, Aug. 8, 1881; first settlers, J. Breidenbach and Oliver P. Ames on Firesteel Creek in 1879; Plankinton is the County seat and location of State Training (Reform) School. A fine agricultural region. Aurora County consists of townships 101, 102, 103, 104 and 105 north, of ranges 63, 64, 65 and 66, west of 5th P. M. Area 460,160 acres. Population, see census. Code, p. 142. Additional Comments: Extracted from: DOANE ROBINSON'S Encyclopedia of South Dakota FIRST EDITION Published by the Author PIERRE 1925 COPYRIGHT BY DOANE ROBINSON. 1925 WILL A. BEACH PRINTING COMPANY PRINTERS AND BINDERS SIOUX FALLS File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/sd/aurora/history/1925/doanerob/auroraco282gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/sdfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb