Toronto (South Dakota)

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Toronto
Location of Toronto in Deuel County (left) and South Dakota (right)
Location in South Dakota
Basic data
Foundation : 1874
State : United States
State : South Dakota
County : Deuel County
Coordinates : 44 ° 34 ′  N , 96 ° 39 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 34 ′  N , 96 ° 39 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 212 (as of 2010)
Population density : 265 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 0.8 km 2  (approx. 0 mi 2 )
Height : 610 m
Postal code : 57268
Area code : +1 605
FIPS : 46-63740
GNIS ID : 1258580
Mayor : Brad Knutson

Toronto is a small town (with the status of " Town ") in Deuel County in the US -amerikanischen State South Dakota . In 2010 Toronto had 212 residents.

geography

Toronto is located in eastern South Dakota, not far from the Minnesota border . The geographical coordinates of Toronto are 44 ° 34'23 "north latitude and 96 ° 38'33" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​0.8 km².

Neighboring places of Toronto are Brandt (11.5 km north), Astoria (9.2 km east-southeast), White (15.7 km south) and Estelline (20.8 km west).

The closest major cities are Sioux Falls (131 km south), Fargo , North Dakota (283 km north), and Minnesota's largest city, Minneapolis (308 km east).

traffic

Interstate 29 , which is the shortest connection from Kansas City in Missouri to Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba , runs a few kilometers west of Toronto . The South Dakota Highway 28 runs in a west-east direction as the main road through Toronto. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The nearest airports are Sioux Falls Regional Airport (127 km south), Hector International Airport in Fargo (285 km north) and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (306 km east).

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Toronto had 212 people in 100 households. The population density was 265 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.12 people lived in each of the 100 households.

The racial the population was composed of 93.4 percent white, 3.8 percent Native American and 1.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 4.2 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

23.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.9 percent were 65 years or older. 47.6 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 34,524  USD . The per capita income was $ 15,618. 8.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

Individual evidence

  1. history.sd.gov - Towns (PDF; 45kB) Retrieved July 10, 2013
  2. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved July 10, 2013
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed July 10, 2013
  4. ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Harold Lovre.Retrieved July 10, 2013

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