South Dakota
South Dakota is a U.S. state in the Midwestern region of the country. It is bordered by North Dakota in the north, Minnesota and Iowa in the east, Nebraska in the south, and Wyoming and Montana in the west. South Dakota is the seventeenth largest by area, but the 5th least populous with 884,659 inhabitants in 2019. Its capital is Pierre, but its largest city is Sioux Falls. Its governor is Kristi Noem.
South Dakota has a continental climate with four distinct seasons, ranging from cold, dry winters to warm and semi-humid summers. Cyclonic storms occur frequently in the eastern section during the spring and summer. South Dakota has nearly 300 species of birds. Bald and golden eagles are found in ever-increasing numbers along the Missouri River valley and in the Badlands.
Native American tribes such as the Cheyenne, Arikara, Ponca, Lakota, and Dakota Sioux lived on this land. Today nine Native American tribes still reside in South Dakota, and it remains home to the central population of that influential Native American federation. North Dakota became the 40th state of the union on November 2, 1889. The state is named for the Dakota Sioux people.
South Dakota is wellknown for the Mount Rushmore, visited by more than three million people each year, but also for the Crazy Horse Memorial started in 1948 and which is still being carved today in the Black Hills. When finished, the statue will be 563 feet high, almost twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty!
If you want information about your city in South Dakota, click on the South Dakota city names or South Dakota town names below:
Complete List of Cities in South Dakota
ABERDEEN
Aberdeen is a City in Brown county with -30 000 inhabitants.
AGAR
Agar is a City in Sully county with -100 inhabitants.
AKASKA
Akaska is a City in Walworth county with -100 inhabitants.
ALBEE
Albee is a City in Grant county with -100 inhabitants.
ALCESTER
Alcester is a City in Union county with -1 000 inhabitants.
ALEXANDRIA
Alexandria is a City in Hanson county with -1 000 inhabitants.
ALPENA
Alpena is a City in Jerauld county with -500 inhabitants.
ALTAMONT
Altamont is a City in Deuel county with -100 inhabitants.
ANDOVER
Andover is a City in Day county with -100 inhabitants.
ARLINGTON
Arlington is a City in Kingsbury county with -1 000 inhabitants.
ARMOUR
Armour is a City in Douglas county with -1 000 inhabitants.
ARTAS
Artas is a City in Campbell county with -100 inhabitants.
ARTESIAN
Artesian is a City in Sanborn county with -500 inhabitants.
ASHTON
Ashton is a City in Spink county with -500 inhabitants.
ASTORIA
Astoria is a City in Deuel county with -500 inhabitants.
AURORA
Aurora is a City in Brookings county with -1 000 inhabitants.
AVON
Avon is a City in Bon Homme county with -1 000 inhabitants.
BADGER
Badger is a City in Kingsbury county with -500 inhabitants.
BALTIC
Baltic is a City in Minnehaha county with -1 500 inhabitants.
BANCROFT
Bancroft is a City in Kingsbury county with -100 inhabitants.
BATESLAND
Batesland is a City in Shannon county with -500 inhabitants.
BELLE FOURCHE
Belle Fourche is a City in Butte county with -10 000 inhabitants.
BELVIDERE
Belvidere is a City in Jackson county with -100 inhabitants.
BERESFORD
Beresford is a City in Union county with -2 500 inhabitants.
BIG STONE CITY
Big Stone City is a City in Grant county with -500 inhabitants.
BISON
Bison is a City in Perkins county with -500 inhabitants.
BLUNT
Blunt is a City in Hughes county with -500 inhabitants.
BONESTEEL
Bonesteel is a City in Gregory county with -500 inhabitants.
BOWDLE
Bowdle is a City in Edmunds county with -500 inhabitants.
BOX ELDER
Box Elder is a City in Pennington county with -10 000 inhabitants.