Dell Rapids

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Dell Rapids
The historic center of Dell Rapids, listed as Historical District in the NRHP since 1978 [1]
The historic center of Dell Rapids, since 1978 as a Historical District in the NRHP listed
Location in South Dakota
Location of Dell Rapids in Minnehaha County (bottom) and South Dakota (top)
Basic data
Foundation : 1871 (founded)
1888 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : South Dakota
County : Minnehaha County
Coordinates : 43 ° 50 ′  N , 96 ° 42 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 50 ′  N , 96 ° 42 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
3,633 (status: 2010)
228,261 (status: 2010)
Population density : 671.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 5.41 km 2  (about 2 mi 2 )
Height : 459 m
Postal code : 57022
Area code : +1 605
FIPS : 46-15980
GNIS ID : 1265635
Website : www.cityofdellrapids.org
Mayor : Scott Fiegen
Dell Rapids watertower 1.jpg
The old Dell Rapids water tower, listed in the NRHP since 1984

Dell Rapids is a small town (with the status " City ") in Minnehaha County in the US -amerikanischen State South Dakota . In 2010 , Dell Rapids had a population of 3,633.

Dell Rapids is part of the metropolitan area around the city of Sioux Falls .

geography

Dell Rapids is located in eastern South Dakota, on the Big Sioux River , a left tributary of the Missouri . The geographical coordinates of Dell Rapids are 43 ° 50 '  N , 96 ° 42'  W . The urban area extends over an area of ​​5.41 km².

Neighboring towns to Dell Rapids are Trent (13 km northeast), Jasper in Minnesota (27 km east), Garretson (28.4 km southeast), Baltic (10 km southwest), Colton (21.8 km west-southwest), Chester (25, 5 km west-northwest) and Colman (25.7 km north-northwest).

The nearest major cities are Fargo , North Dakota (364 km north), Minneapolis , Minnesota (369 km east-northeast), Rochester , Minnesota (391 km east), Iowa's capital, Des Moines (489 km southeast), Omaha , Nebraska (331 km south-southeast ) and Sioux Falls (20 miles south).

traffic

About 3 miles west of Dell Rapids is Interstate 29 , which runs from Kansas City in Missouri to Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba . The South Dakota Highway 115 leads as the main road through the city of Dell Rapids. All other roads within the urban area are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.

Following the course of the Big Sioux River, a railway line of the D&I Railroad runs through the urban area of ​​Dell Rapids.

The nearest airport is Sioux Falls Regional Airport , 30.2 km south , which is South Dakota's largest airport.

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1880 260 -
1890 993 281.9%
1900 1255 26.4%
1910 1367 8.9%
1920 1677 22.7%
1930 1657 -1.2%
1940 1706 3%
1950 1650 -3.3%
1960 1863 12.9%
1970 1991 6.9%
1980 2389 20%
1990 2484 4%
2000 2980 20%
2010 3633 21.9%
2012 estimate 3689 1.5%
1880-2000 2010 2012

According to the 2010 census , Dell Rapids had 3,633 people in 1,388 households. The population density was 671.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.58 people lived in 1388 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.0 percent white, 0.1 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.4 percent of the population.

28.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.0 percent were 65 years or older. 51.3 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 46,687  USD . The per capita income was $ 26,930. 5.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

Individual evidence

  1. Extract from the NRHP - No. 78002563 Accessed on July 6, 2013
  2. history.sd.gov - Towns (PDF; 45kB) Retrieved July 6, 2013
  3. Extract from the NRHP - No. 84003356 Accessed on July 6, 2013
  4. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved July 6, 2013
  5. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on July 6, 2013
  6. ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved July 6, 2013
  7. US Census Bureau - Estimate for 2012 ( Memento of the original from October 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 6, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.census.gov
  8. Biography on the governor's website.Retrieved July 6, 2013

Web links

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