Potter County

Potter County is a county in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,472. Its county seat is . The county was created in 1873 and organized in 1883.
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  • Type: county of South Dakota with 2,330 residents
  • Description: county in South Dakota, United States
  • Also known as: Ashmore County”, “Potter”, “Potter County, SD”, and “Potter County, South Dakota

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gettysburg Air Force Station.

Military installation
is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 2.6 miles north of . It was closed in 1968.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gettysburg.

Town
is a city in and the county seat of Potter County, South Dakota, United States, along the 45th parallel. The population was 1,104 at the 2020 census. is situated 3½ miles south of Potter County.

Potter County

Latitude
45.0645° or 45° 3′ 52″ north
Longitude
-99.9573° or 99° 57′ 26″ west
Population
2,330
Elevation
2,110 feet (643 metres)
Open location code
86Q2327V+R3
Geo­Names ID
5230591
Wiki­data ID
Q495191
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Potter County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Potter County
  • Arabic: مقاطعة بوتر
  • Arabic: مقاطعه بوتر، داكوتا الجنوبيه
  • Armenian: Փոտեր շրջան
  • Asturian: condáu de Potter
  • Basque: Potter konderria
  • Bavarian: Potter County, South Dakota
  • Bavarian: Potter County
  • Bishnupriya: পটার কাউন্টি, সাউথ ডাকোটা
  • Bishnupriya: পটার কাউন্টি
  • Bulgarian: Потър
  • Catalan: comtat de Potter
  • Catalan: Potter County
  • Cebuano: Potter County
  • Chechen: Поттер (гуо, Къилба Дакота)
  • Chechen: Поттер
  • Chinese: Potter Kūn
  • Chinese: 波特县
  • Chinese: 波特縣
  • Chinese: 波特郡
  • Czech: Potter County
  • Dutch: Potter County
  • Esperanto: kantono Potter
  • Esperanto: Potter County
  • Finnish: Potterin piirikunta
  • French: comté de Potter
  • French: Comté de Potter
  • French: Potter County
  • Georgian: პოტერის ოლქი
  • German: Potter County
  • Gilaki: پاتر ٚ شأرستان (نسايي داکؤتا)
  • Gilaki: پاتر ٚ شأرستان
  • Greek: κομητεία Πότερ
  • Greek: Κομητεία Πότερ
  • Hungarian: Potter megye
  • Irish: Contae Potter, Dakota Theas
  • Irish: Contae Potter
  • Italian: contea di Potter
  • Italian: Contea di Potter
  • Italian: Potter County
  • Japanese: ポッター郡
  • Korean: 포터군
  • Low German: Potter County
  • Mazanderani: پاتر شهرستان
  • Min Dong Chinese: Potter Gông
  • Min Nan Chinese: Potter Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Potter County i Sør-Dakota
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Potter County
  • Norwegian: Potter County
  • Persian: شهرستان پاتر، داکوتای جنوبی
  • Persian: شهرستان پاتر
  • Polish: Hrabstwo Potter
  • Portuguese: condado de Potter
  • Portuguese: Condado de Potter
  • Portuguese: Potter County
  • Romanian: Comitatul Potter, Dakota de Sud
  • Romanian: Comitatul Potter
  • Russian: Поттер
  • Sardinian: contea de Potter
  • Scottish Gaelic: Potter County
  • Serbian: Potter County
  • Serbian: Округ Потер
  • Serbo-Croatian: Potter County, South Dakota
  • Serbo-Croatian: Potter County
  • Slovenian: Okrožje Potter
  • Slovenian: Potter County
  • Spanish: condado de Potter
  • Spanish: Condado de Potter
  • Spanish: Potter County
  • Swedish: Potter County, South Dakota
  • Swedish: Potter County
  • Tatar: Поттер
  • Tatar: Фол-Ривер (округ, Көньяк Дакота)
  • Turkish: Potter County, Güney Dakota
  • Turkish: Potter County, S.Dak.
  • Turkish: Potter County, SD
  • Turkish: Potter County
  • Turkish: Potter ilçesi, Güney Dakota
  • Turkish: Potter ilçesi, S.Dak.
  • Turkish: Potter ilçesi, SD
  • Turkish: Potter ilçesi
  • Ukrainian: Поттер
  • Urdu: پوٹر کاؤنٹی، جنوبی ڈکوٹا
  • Urdu: پوٹر کاؤنٹی
  • Venetian: contea de Potter
  • Vietnamese: Quận Potter, Nam Dakota
  • Vietnamese: Quận Potter, South Dakota
  • Vietnamese: Quận Potter
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Potter, South Dakota
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Potter
  • Welsh: Potter County, De Dakota
  • Welsh: Potter County
  • Western Panjabi: پوٹر کاؤنٹی، ساؤتھ ڈیکوٹا
  • Western Panjabi: پوٹر کاؤنٹی

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Green Lake and Gettysburg Memorial Hospital.

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