Yankton, South Dakota
Appearance
Yankton, South Dakota | |
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Nickname: "Mother City of the Dakotas" | |
Coordinates: 42°53′02″N 97°21′54″W / 42.88389°N 97.36500°W | |
Country | United States |
State | South Dakota |
County | Yankton |
Incorporated | 1869[1] |
Government | |
• Type | Council-Manager |
Area | |
• City | 8.91 sq mi (23.08 km2) |
• Land | 8.67 sq mi (22.45 km2) |
• Water | 0.24 sq mi (0.62 km2) |
Elevation | 1,243 ft (379 m) |
Population | |
• City | 15,411 |
• Density | 1,777.51/sq mi (686.31/km2) |
• Metro | 23,310 |
Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
ZIP codes | 57078-57079 |
Area code | 605 |
FIPS code | 46-73060[5] |
GNIS feature ID | 1267665[3] |
Website | cityofyankton.org |
Yankton is a city in and the county seat of Yankton County, in the southern part of the U.S. state of South Dakota. It became a city in 1889,[6] and 15,411 people lived there at the 2020 census.[4] Yankton is located near the Missouri River.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "SD Towns" (PDF). South Dakota State Historical Society. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 10, 2010. Retrieved February 17, 2010.
- ↑ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yankton, South Dakota
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "QuickFacts: Yankton city, South Dakota". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
- ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ↑ "SD Towns" (PDF). South Dakota State Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-11-16.
Other websites
[change | change source]- City of Yankton website Archived 2016-06-10 at the Wayback Machine
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