Hughes County, South Dakota
Hughes County Courthouse in Pierre
Location in the state of South Dakota
South Dakota's location in the U.S.
Founded	January 8, 1873 (created) November 26, 1880 (organized)
Named for	Alexander Hughes
Seat	Pierre
Largest city	Pierre
Area
• Total	801 sq mi (2,075 km2)
• Land	742 sq mi (1,922 km2)
• Water	59 sq mi (153 km2), 7.4
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5
Website	www.hughescounty.org
Footnotes: For infobox source see

County Well Data

Well ID	Operator Name	Well Type	Well Status
40-065-05001	Kerlyn	Dry Hole	Abandoned
40-065-05002	The Ohio Oil Co.	Dry Hole	Abandoned
40-065-05003	Capitol	Dry Hole	Abandoned
40-065-05004	Capitol	Dry Hole	Abandoned
40-065-05005	Capitol	Dry Hole	Abandoned
40-065-05006	Capitol	Dry Hole	Abandoned
40-065-05007	U.S. Government	Gas	Abandoned
40-065-05008	Capitol	Dry Hole	Abandoned
40-065-05009	Central South Dakota Oil and Gas Project, Inc.	Never Drilled	Never Drilled
40-065-20001	F. L. Shogrin	Dry Hole	Abandoned
40-065-20002	The Anschutz Corp.	Dry Hole	Abandoned
40-065-20003	The Anschutz Corp.	Dry Hole	Abandoned
40-065-20004	Fidelity Exploration and Production Co.	Dry Hole	Abandoned

For data sources see