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The current flag of South Dakota was adopted in 1992 to represent the U.S. state of South Dakota.It consists of a field of sky blue charged with a version (in navy blue on white) of the state seal in the center, surrounded by gold triangles representing the sun's rays, surrounded in turn by inscriptions in gold sans-serif capitals of "south dakota" on top and "the mount rushmore state" (the ...
The flag of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, consists of a zigzag pattern of thin white and blue lines, which divides an upper blue portion and a lower pinkish-red portion, and a yellow sun in the upper left corner. The zigzag represents the namesake falls of the Big Sioux River. The blue color and the sun allude to the flag of South Dakota.
The coyote is the state animal of South Dakota. This list of mammals of South Dakota includes species native to the U.S. state of South Dakota. [1] [2] [3] Three species that are extirpated from the state are the mountain goat, gray wolf, and grizzly bear. The state consists of 86 species that live and formerly inhabited South Dakota. [4]
This is a list of places incorporated in the U.S. state of South Dakota as cities. Municipalities in South Dakota can also be incorporated as towns. South Dakota has one incorporated village, Wentworth, Lake County. [1] There are 310 municipalities.
Ericksen, Neil J. “A Tale of Two Cities: Flood History and the Prophetic Past of Rapid City, South Dakota.” Economic Geography 51#4 (1975), pp. 305–20. online; Federal Writers' Project, A South Dakota Guide (1938, 1993 reprint) Fite, Gilbert C. "South Dakota's Rural Credit System: A Venture in State Socialism, 1917–1946."
It is the only county in South Dakota named for a non-American person and is one of only nine counties in South Dakota named for persons who did not live in South Dakota. [5] Most of South Dakota's counties are named for early South Dakota officials or legislators, or for physical features (Fall River and Lake), or are derived from Native ...
Huron is a city in and the county seat of Beadle County, South Dakota, United States. [6] The population was 14,263 at the 2020 census, [7] and it is the 8th most populous city in South Dakota. The first settlement at Huron was made in 1880. [8] Huron is location of the South Dakota State Fair, and of a statue called the World's Largest ...
As of the 2020 census, the population was 29,852, making it the 6th most populous county in South Dakota. [1] Its county seat is Sturgis . [ 2 ] The county was created in 1889 and named for Fort Meade, which was garrisoned as a United States military post in the area in 1878 and itself named for General George Meade .