St. Francis, South Dakota

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St. Francis
Catholic Church of St. Charles Borromeo
Catholic Church of St. Charles Borromeo
Location in the state and county
Location of St. Francis in Todd County (bottom) and South Dakota (top)
Basic data
State : United States
State : South Dakota
County : Todd County
Coordinates : 43 ° 9 ′  N , 100 ° 54 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 9 ′  N , 100 ° 54 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 709 (as of 2010)
Population density : 762.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 0.93 km 2  (approx. 0 mi 2 ) of
which 0.93 km 2  (approx. 0 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 911 m
Postal code : 57572
Area code : +1 605
FIPS : 46-57140
GNIS ID : 1257590

St. Francis ( Lakota : Sápauŋ thí ; House of Catholics ) is a community in Todd County in the US state of South Dakota .

The parish is part of the Rosebud Indian Reservation and the seat of the St. Francis Mission . St. Francis provides a representative for the Rosebud Tribal Council, the government of the reservation. St. Francis was founded in 1886 by Catholic Jesuits who built a school on the reservation. The community is named after Francis of Assisi .

According to a 2010 census, the community had 709 inhabitants, spread over 189 households. 665 (93%) of them were members of the Indian tribes. The mean age of the population was 24 years. 2,224 people lived in the immediate vicinity (ZIP Code 57572) of St. Francis. The median annual income per resident was $ 7,026. 57.1% of the population officially live in poverty.

In St. Francis are the studios of the tribal radio stations KOYA 88.1 Mhz FM and KINI 96.1 Mhz FM.

Web links

Commons : St. Francis (South Dakota)  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jan F. Ullrich: New Lakota Dictionary , 2nd. Edition, Lakota Language Consortium, Bloomington, IN 2014, ISBN 978-0-9761082-9-0 . Archived from the original on October 18, 2016 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. (Accessed June 27, 2016). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lakotadictionary.org
  2. ^ Current St. Francis, South Dakota Population, Demographics and stats in 2016, 2015.
  3. ↑ Saint Francis (zip 57572), South Dakota
  4. ^ Rosebud Media Network