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Nisland, South Dakota
Nisland is a town in Butte County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 206 at the 2020 census. The town was named in honor of Nis Sorensen, the original owner of the town site. Geography Nisland is located at (44.673487, -103.552950). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Nisland has been assigned the ZIP code 57762 and the FIPS place code 45100. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 232 people, 94 households, and 62 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 114 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 96.1% White, 0.9% African American, 0.4% Native American, and 2.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.0% of the population. There were 94 households, of which 28.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.7% were married couples living together, 12.8% had a female householder with no h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butte County, South Dakota
Butte County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 10,243. Its county seat is Belle Fourche. The county was established in the Dakota Territory on March 2, 1883, and given the descriptive name based on the French word for a hill. History Prehistory In 1975, plesiosaur fossils dating to the Cretaceous Period (ca. 110 million years ago) were discovered in Butte County. In the 1980s, a 90-million-year-old fossil of a clawless lobster was discovered. A ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' skeleton was found in 1981. The early human history of the Belle Fourche River Valley has been traced to about 3000 BC. The first people of the area were Native Americans who resided on the northwestern plains of North America. The earliest known evidence of human activity in the area dates to the Middle Plains Archaic Period of the Plains Indians (ca. 3000–1500 BC). Traces of tipi rings dating from this period have been found. In 1979 and 1980, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |