Local Wiki
Miner County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Sep 4, 2026- Board of County Commissioners meets
- 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month (except April), 9:00 AM.
- Meeting location
- Commission Room, basement, Miner County Courthouse, 401 N. Main St, Howard, SD 57349.
- County Auditor
- PO Box 86 · Howard, 57349 · (605) 772-4671 · fax (605) 772-4203
- Agendas posted at
- https://miner.sdcounty.gov/commission/meetingagendas/
- Board of County Commissioners
- Joe Bechen (Chairman), Kathy Faber (Vice-Chair), Mike Clary, Kari Jo Carlson, Tim Neises — confirmed via miner.sdcounty.gov and Jan 2025 minutes. (605) 772-4671, minerauditor@minercountysd.org.
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.
- Howard School District 48-3 · School District
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only
- Canova · Town
- Carthage · City
- Howard (official website, opens in a new tab) · City
- Vilas · Town
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