Haakon County is a county in South Dakota, United States, on the state’s western plains between the Cheyenne and Bad rivers. It had a population of 1,872 at the 2020 census and covers 1,811 square miles (4,690 km2) of land, centred near 44\u00b018\u2032N 101\u00b032\u2032W.<\/p>\n
Philip is the county seat, and its postal code is 57567. The county has two incorporated towns and several unincorporated communities, observes Mountain Time, and carries FIPS code 46055.<\/p>\n
Haakon County has two incorporated towns and a handful of small unincorporated places scattered across its ranching country. Unincorp. below means the place has no municipal government of its own.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philip<\/td>\n | City · seat<\/td>\n | 745<\/td>\n | 57567<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Midland<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | 151<\/td>\n | 57552<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Milesville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 57553<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Billsburg<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Kirley<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Nowlin<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ottumwa<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| West Fork<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n The old list’s Elbon, Elevenmile Corner, Grindstone, Hilland, Lucerne, Moenville and Powell are historic ranch-country place names with no current population figures or verifiable location data on record; they are dropped here rather than published unverified (see notes).<\/p>\n ZIP Codes<\/h2>\nThe county’s remaining small settlements have no ZIP code of their own and use one of these three post offices.<\/p>\n Geography<\/h2>\nHaakon County sits on the semi-arid rolling plains of west-central South Dakota, part of the Missouri Plateau region of the Great Plains. The Cheyenne River runs along the county’s northern boundary and the Bad River crosses its southern portion, both draining east toward the Missouri River. Grazing land dominates the landscape, broken by badlands-style buttes and eroded draws along the river valleys. Shortgrass prairie covers most of the uplands, giving way to cottonwood bottomland near the two rivers.<\/p>\n |