Local Wiki
Hand County
Hand County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Sep 4, 2026- Board of County Commissioners meets
- Regular monthly meeting, 1st Tuesday.
- Meeting location
- Commission chambers, 2nd floor, Hand County Courthouse, 415 West 1st Avenue, Suite 203, Miller, SD 57362.
- County Auditor
- 415 W 1st Ave. · Miller, 57362 · (605) 853-2182 · fax (605) 853-2769
- Agendas posted at
- https://handcountysd.gov/commission/agendas-minutes/
- Board of County Commissioners
- Daniel Jensen (D1, 2025 Chairman), Jim Jones (D2, 2026 Chairman — the chairmanship appears to rotate annually), Greg Palmer (D3), Jim Eschenbaum (D4, 2023 Vice-Chairman), Luke Wernsmann (D5) — d.jensen@handcountysd.gov.
Other Known Local Governments Here
These local governments — special-purpose districts, and smaller incorporated cities and towns — are known to exist in this area, but haven’t been individually researched yet, so there’s no meeting info or contacts on file. Listed here as a starting point if you want to look into one yourself; where we could confirm an official website, the name links there. More may exist here than are listed.
- Miller 29-4 · School District
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only
- Miller · City
- Ree Heights · Town
- St. Lawrence · Town
- Wessington · City
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024