Milbank, South Dakota
Overview
Milbank is a city in Grant County
, South Dakota
, along the South Fork of the Whetstone River
. The population was 3,353 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat
of Grant County. In 1925 The American Legion Department of South Dakota established a new program for high school aged youth that grew into a national program. Milbank is the birthplace of American Legion Baseball
played in all fifty states by more than five thousand teams.
Milbank is located at 45°13′7"N 96°38′1"W (45.218583, -96.633721).
According to the United States Census Bureau
, the city has a total area of 2.7 square miles (7 km²), of which, 2.7 square miles (7 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square mile (0.258998811 km²) of it (2.56%) is water.
Milbank has been assigned the ZIP code
range 57252-57253 and the FIPS place code 42260.
As of the census
of 2000, there were 3,640 people, 1,533 households, and 964 families residing in the city.
Grant County, South Dakota
As of the census of 2000, there were 7,847 people, 3,116 households, and 2,156 families residing in the county. The population density was 12 people per square mile . There were 3,456 housing units at an average density of 5 per square mile...
, South Dakota
South Dakota
South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...
, along the South Fork of the Whetstone River
Whetstone River
The Whetstone River is a tributary of the Minnesota River, about 35 mi long, in northeastern South Dakota and a very small portion of western Minnesota in the United States...
. The population was 3,353 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat
County seat
A county seat is an administrative center, or seat of government, for a county or civil parish. The term is primarily used in the United States....
of Grant County. In 1925 The American Legion Department of South Dakota established a new program for high school aged youth that grew into a national program. Milbank is the birthplace of American Legion Baseball
American Legion Baseball
American Legion Baseball is a variety of amateur baseball played by teenage boys in 50 states in the USA. More than five thousand teams participate each year. The American Legion Department of South Dakota established the program in 1925 at Milbank, South Dakota...
played in all fifty states by more than five thousand teams.
Milbank is located at 45°13′7"N 96°38′1"W (45.218583, -96.633721).
According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
, the city has a total area of 2.7 square miles (7 km²), of which, 2.7 square miles (7 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square mile (0.258998811 km²) of it (2.56%) is water.
Milbank has been assigned the ZIP code
ZIP Code
ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...
range 57252-57253 and the FIPS place code 42260.
As of the census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
of 2000, there were 3,640 people, 1,533 households, and 964 families residing in the city.
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