De Smet, South Dakota

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De Smet

Fair
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Pressure: 29.72 "

Dew Point: 16 °F
Gusts: 11 mph NNE
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City Description

De Smet is a city in and the county seat of Kingsbury County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 1,164 at the 2000 census. It was named for Father Pierre De Smet, a 19th century Jesuit missionary. De Smet was the childhood home of Laura Ingalls Wilder and the birthplace of author Rose Wilder Lane. De Smet is located at 44°23′9″N, 97°33′6″W (44.385871, -97.551703). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.7 km²), all of it land. De Smet has been assigned the ZIP code 57231 and the FIPS place code 16260. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,164 people, 524 households, and 300 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,102.2 people per square mile (424.0/km²). There were 582 housing units at an average density of 551.1/sq mi (212.0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 98.37% White, 0.95% Native American, 0.09% Asian, 0.09% from other races, and 0.52% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.69% of the population. There were 524 households out of which 24.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.0% were married couples living together, 3.2% had a female

City Contained By:

• Kingsbury County
• South Dakota

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 2.84898692137 km squared

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