Bon Homme County (pronounced BAHN'-uhm) is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of 2000, the population is 7,260. Its county seat is Tyndall.
Bon Homme County is the point of origin for the Siberian alien, Salsola kali, a type of tumbleweed, first reported here in 1877, probably introduced in a shipment of flax seed from Ukraine.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 581 square miles (1,506 km²), of...
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Bon Homme County (pronounced BAHN'-uhm) is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of 2000, the population is 7,260. Its county seat is Tyndall.
Bon Homme County is the point of origin for the Siberian alien, Salsola kali, a type of tumbleweed, first reported here in 1877, probably introduced in a shipment of flax seed from Ukraine.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 581 square miles (1,506 km²), of which, 563 square miles (1,459 km²) of it is land and 18 square miles (47 km²) of it (3.09%) is water.
The county is divided into four areas of unorganized territory: Northeast Bon Homme, Northwest Bon Homme, Southeast Bon Homme, Southwest Bon Homme.
As of the census of 2000, there were 7,260 people, 2,635 households, and 1,786 families residing in the county. The population density was 13 people per square mile (5/km²). There were 3,007 housing units at an average density of 5 per square mile (2/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 95...
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