Elk Point, South Dakota
| Elk Point | |
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 Location in South Dakota
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1859 (founded) 1873 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | South Dakota |
| County : | Union County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 41 ′ N , 96 ° 41 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 1,963 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 557.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 3.52 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 344 m |
| Postal code : | 57025 |
| Area code : | +1 605 |
| FIPS : | 46-18620 |
| GNIS ID : | 1254905 |
| Website : | www.elkpoint.org |
| Mayor : | Isabel Trobaugh |
Elk Point is a small town (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Union County in the US -amerikanischen State South Dakota . In 2010 Elk Point had 1,963 residents.
geography
Elk Point is located in southwest South Dakota on the left bank of the Missouri River , which forms the border with Nebraska . The city is located about 5 km south-west of the border with Iowa forming Big Sioux River , shortly before it flows into the Missouri. The geographical coordinates of Elk Point are 42 ° 41'00 "north latitude and 96 ° 41'01" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 3.52 km².
Neighboring locations to Elk Point are Richland (12.2 km northeast), Westfield , Iowa (16.7 km northeast), Jefferson (14.5 km southeast), and Vermillion (15.4 km northwest). About 8 km down the Missouri on the opposite bank is Ponca in Nebraska, but it is 62.7 km away via the nearest road bridge.
The nearest major cities are Sioux Falls (107 km north), Fargo , North Dakota (489 km in the same direction), Minneapolis , Minnesota (462 km northeast), Rochester , Minnesota (465 km east-northeast), Sioux City , Iowa (37 , 5 km southeast), Iowa's capital city of Des Moines (338 km in the same direction), Omaha , Nebraska (194 km south-southeast), and Kansas City , Missouri (481 km in the same direction).
traffic
Interstate 29 runs along the southwestern outskirts of Elk Point and runs from Kansas City to Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba . The South Dakota Highway 11 runs northwest-southeast direction as the main road through the city of Elk Point. All other roads within the urban area are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.
A railway line of the BNSF Railway runs through Elk Point for freight traffic . A branch line branches off from this in a north-easterly direction, which belongs to a small contractual partner of the BNSF.
With the Graham Field in North Sioux City is located 23.4 km southeast of Elk Point a small airfield. The nearest major airports are the Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City (46.5 km southeast) and the Sioux Falls Regional Airport , 110 km to the north , which is South Dakota's largest airport.
history
| Population development | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1900 | 1081 | - | |
| 1910 | 1200 | 11% | |
| 1920 | 1470 | 22.5% | |
| 1930 | 1294 | -12% | |
| 1940 | 1483 | 14.6% | |
| 1950 | 1367 | -7.8% | |
| 1960 | 1378 | 0.8% | |
| 1970 | 1372 | -0.4% | |
| 1980 | 1661 | 21.1% | |
| 1990 | 1423 | -14.3% | |
| 2000 | 1714 | 20.4% | |
| 2010 | 1963 | 14.5% | |
| 2012 estimate | 1992 | 1.5% | |
| 1900-2000 2010 2012 | |||
The recorded history of Elk Point goes back to the beginning of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1804, when camp was set up here while driving along the Missouri. The place was already named by Indians and French trappers to the spread here occurring elk (ger .: Elk ).
In 1859, Eli Wixson from Sioux City built a house, making it the first white settler in what is now the city. Due to further settlers, the population of the place grew rapidly, so that Elk Point was incorporated as an independent municipality in 1873.
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Elk Point had 1,963 people in 770 households. The population density was 557.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.49 people lived in each of the 770 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.0 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
30.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.0 percent were 65 years or older. 52.0 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 57,031 USD . The per capita income was $ 27,459. 6.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Web links
- Official website of the city of Elk Point
- city-data.com - Elk Point, South Dakota
Individual evidence
- ↑ history.sd.gov - Towns (PDF; 45kB) Accessed July 4, 2013
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved July 4, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed July 4, 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved July 4, 2013
- ↑ 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 4, 2013
- ^ The History and Mystery of Elk Point.Retrieved July 4, 2013
