South Dakota

South Dakota is a state in the high plains of the northern Middle West. It became a state on November 2, 1889. It is named after the Lakota (Sioux) Native American tribe.

South Dakota is bordered to the north by North Dakota, to the south by Nebraska, to the east by Iowa and Minnesota, and to the west by Wyoming and Montana.

USS South Dakota was named in honor of this state.

Area: 77,121 sq. miles

Population: 754,844 (2000)

Capital: Pierre

Counties: 66 (see: List of South Dakota counties)

Bird: Ring-necked Pheasant

Flower: Pasque Flower[?]

Tree: Black Hills Spruce

Nicknames: Mount Rushmore State

Important cities

• Aberdeen
• Deadwood
• Lead
• Madison
• Pierre - State Capital
• Rapid City
• Sioux Falls
• Sturgis
• Watertown
• Yankton

See List of South Dakota counties, Governors of South Dakota

Other features

• Black Hills
• Mount Rushmore
• Missouri River
• James River
• Corn Palace[?]

Colleges and Universities

• Augustana College[?]
• Black Hills State University[?]
• Dakota State University[?]
• Dakota Wesleyan University[?]
• Huron University[?]
• Mount Marty College[?]
• National American University[?]
• Northern State University[?]
• Oglala Lakota College[?]
• Presentation College[?]
• Sinte Gleska University[?]
• South Dakota School of Mines and Technology[?]
• South Dakota State University
• University of Sioux Falls[?]
• University of South Dakota[?]