Elkton, South Dakota
| Elkton | |
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 Location in South Dakota
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1908 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | South Dakota |
| County : | Brookings County |
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 14 ′ N , 96 ° 29 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 736 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 183.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 4.01 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 534 m |
| Postal code : | 57026 |
| Area code : | +1 605 |
| FIPS : | 46-18700 |
| GNIS ID : | 1254907 |
| Website : | www.elkton.govoffice.com |
| Mayor : | David Landsman |
 The St. Mary's School , since 1996 NRHP listed |
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Elkton is a small town with a status of " City " in Brookings County in the US -amerikanischen State South Dakota . In 2010 Elkton had 736 residents.
geography
Elkton is located in eastern South Dakota, right on the border with Minnesota . The geographical coordinates of Elkton are 44 ° 14'10 "north latitude and 96 ° 28'52" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 4.01 km².
Neighboring towns to Elkton are Ward (11.1 km south), Flandreau (29.9 km south-southwest), Aurora (22 km west-northwest), Bushnell (23 km northwest), Lake Benton , Minnesota (18 km east), and Verdi , Minnesota (13.1 km east-southeast).
The closest major cities are Sioux Falls (106 km south), Fargo in North Dakota (333 km north) and Minnesota's largest city, Minneapolis (321 km east-northeast).
traffic
The US Highway 14 leads about two kilometers north past Elkton. To the northwest, the Elkton metropolitan area is bounded by South Dakota Highway 13 . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A Canadian Pacific Railway runs northwest-southeast through the Elkton metropolitan area.
With the Brookings Regional Airport is 35 km west-northwest of a small airfield. The nearest major airports are Sioux Falls Regional Airport (96.3 km south-southwest), Hector International Airport in Fargo (336 km north) and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (316 km east-northeast).
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Elkton had 736 people in 286 households. The population density was 183.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.53 people lived in each of the 286 households.
The racial the population was composed of 85.2 percent white, 0.4 percent African American and 12.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 14.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
26.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.1 percent were 65 years or older. 48.2 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 56,875 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,458. 9.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Web links
- Official website of the city of Elkton
- city-data.com - Elkton, South Dakota
Individual evidence
- ↑ history.sd.gov - Towns (PDF; 45kB) Retrieved July 8, 2013
- ^ NRHP excerpt - No. 96001228 Retrieved on July 8, 2013
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved July 8, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed July 8, 2013