Population by Townships from the U. S. Census of Brookings County SD This information of the census of Brookings County was compiled by George Norby 109 7th St. Brookings, SD 57006 e-mail:joseph@brookings.net Population of Brookings County In 1870 the Federal Census gave 15-18 white people for the county as now bounded. In 1880 the population was 4,965 with 287 for Volga, the only place specifically counted from it's township. This table shows Census: 1960 1950 1940 1930 1920 1910 1900 1890 1880 Afton Tp. ------ 272 294 349 398 411 367 359 324 Alton Tp. ------ 334 348 359 386 146 494 426 315 Argo Tp. ------- 264 302 332 364 385 400 399 399 Aurora --------- 232 203 225 166 246 236 Aurora Tp. ----- 283 308 365 425 390 424 569 523 Banger Tp. ----- 314 332 429 505 517 389 265 213 Brookings --- 10,558 7,764 5,346 4,376 3,924 2,971 2,436 1,518 Brookings Tp. -- 523 479 382 446 373 303 298 372 Bruce ---------- 272 305 394 371 342 262 Bushnell ------- 92 96 134 134 350 Elkton --------- 621 657 779 856 872 742 578 331 Elkton Tp. ----- 190 212 213 257 229 243 304 300 Eureka Tp. ----- 259 315 388 407 442 383 377 285 L. Hendricks Tp. 284 311 343 386 403 436 434 348 L. Sinai Tp. --- 266 333 448 499 516 597 555 435 74 Laketon Tp. ---- 302 298 319 437 423 417 420 361 Medary Tp. ----- 359 369 387 439 352 333 348 398 Oak Lake Tp. --- 292 273 390 470 428 370 424 313 Oakwood Tp. ---- 256 306 317 363 373 550 356 305 Oslo Tp. ------- 367 375 426 480 536 514 508 480 Parnell Tp. ---- 260 295 415 426 420 387 426 382 Preston Tp. ---- 303 324 346 422 361 376 291 280 Richland Tp. --- 240 298 298 348 247 321 318 257 Sherman Tp. ---- 226 278 306 403 376 329 267 307 Sinai ---------- 166 181 182 217 216 Sterling Tp. --- 321 344 404 469 394 447 392 393 Trenton Tp. ---- 316 319 347 403 363 356 352 337 Volga ---------- 780 578 632 604 600 568 396 298 287 Volga Tp. ------ 365 420 444 490 506 437 383 323 White ---------- 417 525 559 533 594 468 454 137 Winsor Tp. ----- 313 310 302 367 384 320 316 258 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- County Total 20,046 17,851 16,560 16,847 16,119 14,178 12,561 10,132 367 1990 1980 1970 Afton Tp. ------ 185 224 235 Alton Tp. ------ 284 286 258 Argo Tp. ------- 153 165 211 Arlington Pt.(1) 3 Aurora --------- 619 507 237 Aurora Tp. ----- 300 330 290 Bangor Tp. ----- 176 185 234 Brookings ---- 16,278 14,951 13,717 Brookings Tp. -- 430 425 398 Bruce ---------- 235 254 217 Bushnell ------- 81 76 65 Elkton --------- 602 632 541 Elkton Tp. ----- 104 135 148 Eureka Tp. ----- 154 208 215 L. Hendricks Tp. 141 161 185 L. Sinai Tp. --- 176 211 226 Laketon Tp. ---- 120 151 203 Medary Tp. ----- 950 939 508 Oak Lake Tp. --- 108 164 233 Oakwood Tp. ---- 190 215 226 Oslo Tp. ------- 229 212 260 Parnell Tp. ---- 147 171 227 Preston Tp. ---- 189 226 239 Richland Tp. --- 160 219 203 Sherman Tp. ---- 145 194 178 Sinai ---------- 120 129 147 Sterling Tp. --- 326 341 304 Trenton Tp. ---- 333 381 273 Volga --------- 1,263 1,221 982 Volga Tp. ------ 299 328 324 White ---------- 536 474 418 Winsor Tp. ----- 176 214 256 ------------------------------------------------ County Total 25,207 24,332 22,158 (1) Arlington City Annexed into Brookings County The annexed area was from Bangor Township