Local Wiki
Lincoln County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Sep 4, 2026- Board of County Commissioners meets
- Tuesdays (biweekly pattern).
- Meeting location
- Lincoln County Courthouse, Canton, SD.
- County Auditor
- 104 N Main St. Suite #110 · Canton, 57013 · (605) 764-2581 · fax (605) 764-0134
- Agendas posted at
- https://www.lincolncountysd.gov/311/Agendas-Minutes
- Board of County Commissioners
- Tiffani Landeen (Chair, Dist 3 — a pending near-term transition: commissioner Amy Harms defeated Landeen in the June 2026 primary, but Landeen remains sitting Chair until the Commission's first 2027 meeting), Jim Schmidt (Vice Chair, Dist 5), Joel Arends (Dist 1), Herman Otten (Dist 2), Douglas Putnam (Dist 4) — 104 N Main Street, Canton, SD 57013.
Other Local Government Here
Local government is layered — cities, counties, school districts, and special districts are separate, overlapping governments. Most residents are covered by several at once, and more may exist here than are listed below.
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.
- Canton School District 41-1 · School District
- Harrisburg School District 41-2 · School District
- Lennox School District 41-4 · School District
- Tea Area School District 41-5 · School District
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only
- Beresford (official website, opens in a new tab) · City
- Canton · City
- Fairview · Town
- Harrisburg (official website, opens in a new tab) · City
- Hudson · Town
- Lennox (official website, opens in a new tab) · City
- Tea (official website, opens in a new tab) · City
- Worthing (official website, opens in a new tab) · City
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026