| ~This State Page is owned by: Tracy L Swick ~ |
| Interesting Facts Map | Capital: Pierre Largest City: Sioux Falls |  |
| A Aberdeen Alcester Alexandria Allen Alpena Arlington Armour Aurora Avon B Baltic Belle Fourche Beresford Big Stone City Bison Black Hawk Blunt Bowdle Box Elder Brandon Bridgewater Bristol Britton Bruce Bryant Buffalo Bullhead Burke C Canistota Canton Castlewood Centerville Chamberlain Chancellor Clark Clear Lake Colman Colome Colton Corsica Crooks Custer | D De Smet Deadwood Dell Rapids Delmont Doland Dupree E Eagle Butte Edgemont Egan Elk Point Elkton Ellsworth Afb Emery Estelline Ethan Eureka F Faith Faulkton Flandreau Florence Fort Pierre Fort Thompson Frederick Freeman G Garretson Gary Gayville Geddes Gettysburg Gregory Groton H Harrisburg Harrold Hartford Hayti Hecla Henry Herreid Highmore Hill City Hosmer Hot Springs Hoven Howard Hudson Humboldt Hurley Huron | I Ipswich Irene Iroquois Isabel J Jefferson K Kadoka Kennebec Keystone Kimball Kyle L Lake Andes Lake Norden Lake Preston Langford Lead Lemmon Lennox Leola Little Eagle Lower Brule M Madison Manderson Marion Martin Marty Mc Intosh Mc Laughlin Mellette Menno Milbank Miller Mission Mitchell Mobridge Montrose Mount Vernon Murdo | N New Effington New Underwood Newell Nisland North Sioux City O Oacoma Oglala Oldham Onida P Parker Parkston Parmelee Peever Philip Pierre Pine Ridge Plankinton Platte Pollock Porcupine Presho Pukwana R Rapid City Redfield Reliance Richardton, ND Roscoe Rosebud Rosholt Roslyn S Saint Francis Saint Lawrence Salem Scotland Sioux Falls Sisseton South Shore Spearfish Springfield Stickney Sturgis Summit | T Tabor Tea Timber Lake Toronto Trent Tripp Tulare Tyndall V Valley Springs Veblen Vermillion Viborg Volga Volin W Wagner Wakonda Wall Wanblee Warner Watertown Waubay Webster Wessington Springs Wessington White Lake White River White Whitewood Willow Lake Wilmot Winner Wolsey Woonsocket Worthing Wounded Knee  | ||||||
Interesting Facts ~ South Dakota is the 46th most populous and the 17th most extensive of the 50 states ~ ~The state attained statehood on November 2, 1889, becoming the 40th state to join the union ~ ~ Mount Rushmore National Memorial is the state’s most iconic attraction ~ ~ Born in Kendall, Alton Ochsner was a famous surgeon who linked smoking to cancer ~ ~ Lewis and Clark Expedition arrived in 1804 and formed the first settlement at Fort Pierre ~ ~ Home to the Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota tribes, which together make up the Sioux Nation ~ ~ Produces more sunflowers than any other state, including “The Sunflower State,” Kansas ~ ~ Fort Wadsworth, later Fort Sisseton, was established by the US Army on the Dakota Prairie ~ ~ Great Dakota Boom began in 1878 when people rushed to obtain land in South Dakota ~ ~ Citizens who live in the state are called South Dakotans ~ ~ Over 2 million people visit Mount Rushmore every year, very popular tourist destination ~ ~ Dakota roughly means “friendly” or “allies”, it is a native American Sioux word ~ ~ Homestake Mine was the longest gold producing mine in the history of the USA ~ ~ State has voted Republican for the last 13 presidential elections ~ ~ State ranked #1 in nation for percentage of electricity produced by renewable sources, 2025 ~ ~ State official motto is “Under God the People Rule” ~ ~ State is bisected into two halves by the Missouri River ~ ~ State highest point is situated in the Black Elk Wilderness Area of the Black Hills at 7242 ft ~ ~ State lowest point is at Big Stone Lake, with an elevation of 966 ft ~ ~ State abbreviation is SD ~ State residents are called South Dakotans ~ ~ State nickname “The Mount Rushmore State” ~ State official animal is the coyote ~ ~ State official motto is “Under God the People Rule” ~ State official beverage is milk ~ ~ State has 2 national parks and 63 state parks ~ ~ State hosts a famous mashed potato wrestling contest, part of Potato Days in Clark ~ ~ State leads the USA in the raising of pheasants and bison ~ ~ State land was bought by the USA from France as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 ~ ~ Has one of the world’s largest, most complete fossil of T. rex discovered ~ ~ World’s only Corn Palace can be visited in Mitchell, made from over 3,500 bushels of corn ~ ~ There are 4 cows for every human in the state, the highest ratio in the USA ~ ~ Bullock Hotel in Deadwood is one of the oldest hotels in South Dakota ~ ~ A lot of visitors say, Sica Hollow State Park is spooky due to Native Americans who died there ~ ~ Mount Rushmore was named for the New York lawyer Charles E. Rushmore ~ ~~~~~~~~ |
South Dakota Map Click Here For Google Map |
