Medary, South Dakota

Medary is an unincorporated community in Brookings County, South Dakota, United States.

Geography

Medary is located 7 miles south of Brookings.

Medary was founded in 1857 by the Dakota Land Company of St. Paul, Minnesota. It was named for Governor Samuel Medary of Minnesota Territory. Medary was the first county seat of Brookings County for 8 years, 1871-1879.

Municipalities and communities of Brookings County, South Dakota, USA

County seat: Brookings

Cities	Arlington‡ Brookings Bruce Elkton Volga White

Towns	Aurora Bushnell Sinai

Unincorporated communities	Ahnberg Medary

Townships	Afton Alton Argo Aurora Bangor Brookings Elkton Eureka Lake Henricks Lake Sinai Laketon Medary Oak Lake Oakwood Oslo Parnell Preston Richland Sherman Sterling Trenton Volga Winsor

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties