Local Wiki
McCook County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Sep 4, 2026- Board of County Commissioners meets
- Confirmed via a live Aug 2026 agenda: Tuesdays, 9:00 AM. Note: the officially stated "2nd and 4th Tuesdays" rule doesn't match the observed Aug 2026 pattern (3 consecutive Tuesdays met) — reporting the stated rule but flagging the discrepancy.
- Meeting location
- Community Room, Courthouse Basement, 130 W Essex Avenue, Salem, SD 57058.
- County Auditor
- PO Box 190 · Salem, 57058 · (605) 425-2791 · fax (605) 425-2534
- Agendas posted at
- https://mccookcountysd.gov/commission/commissioners/
- Board of County Commissioners
- Marc Dick, Steve Gordon, Charles Liesinger, Tom Heumiller, Chuck Mehlbrech — Chair genuinely UNCONFIRMED for 2025-2026, no source names a current one. County Auditor, mccoodaud@triotel.net.
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.
- Bridgewater-Emery 30-3 · School District
- Canistota School District 43-1 · School District
- Mccook Central School District 43-7 · School District
- Montrose School District 43-2 · School District
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only
- Bridgewater (official website, opens in a new tab) · City
- Canistota (official website, opens in a new tab) · City
- Montrose · City
- Salem (official website, opens in a new tab) · City
- Spencer · 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