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Rapid City is the largest city in the Mountain Time portion of the state. Central Time contains the eastern half of the state, including the state capital, Pierre, and the largest city, Sioux Falls. IANA time zone database. The 2 zones for South Dakota as given by zone.tab of the IANA time zone database. Columns marked * are from the zone.tab.
1762. The Treaty of Fontainebleau cedes the French colony of La Louisiane, including South Dakota land, to Spain. 1764-1803. South Dakota land is part of the Spanish (though predominantly Francophone) district of Alta Luisiana. 1775. Oglala Tetons discover Black Hills and soon afterward drive Kiowas from that region.
South Dakota is named after the Dakota Sioux tribe, which comprises a large portion of the population with nine reservations currently in the state and has historically dominated the territory. [9] South Dakota is the 17th largest by area, but the 5th least populous, and the 5th least densely populated of the 50 United States.
In June 1857, Flandreau and Medary, South Dakota, were established by the Dakota Land Company. Along with Yankton in 1859, Bon Homme, Elk Point, and Vermillion were among the new communities along the Missouri River or border with Minnesota. Settlers therein numbered about 5,000 in 1860. [30]
Dakota Territory was organized on March 2, 1861; [1] on November 2, 1889, it was split into the states of North Dakota and South Dakota. [2] The Constitution of South Dakota originally provided for the election of a governor and lieutenant governor every two years with no limits. A law passed in 1947 prohibited parties from nominating someone ...
This is a list of places incorporated in the U.S. state of South Dakota as cities. Municipalities in South Dakota can also be incorporated as towns. South Dakota has one incorporated village, Wentworth, Lake County. [1] There are 310 municipalities.
Geography of South Dakota. South Dakota is a state located in the north-central United States. It is usually considered to be in the Midwestern region of the country. The state can generally be divided into three geographic regions: eastern South Dakota, western South Dakota, and the Black Hills.
e. The Mammoth Site is a museum and paleontological site near Hot Springs, South Dakota, in the Black Hills. It is an active paleontological excavation site at which research and excavations are continuing. The facility encloses a prehistoric sinkhole that formed and was slowly filled with sediments during the Pleistocene era.