Facts About South Dakota

1. Famous People:

  • Sparky Anderson baseball manager, Bridgewater
  • Tom Brokaw TV newscaster, Webster
  • John James Exon senator, Geddes
  • Myron Floren accordionist, Roslyn
  • Joe Foss governor, 1st Commissioner of the American Football League, Sioux Falls
  • Joseph Hansen author, Aberdeen
  • Crazy Horse Oglala chief
  • Oscar Howe Sioux artist, Joe Creek
  • Hubert H. Humphrey senator and vice president, Wallace
  • David C. Jones U.S. Air Force general, Aberdeen
  • Roy Braxton Justus cartoonist, Avon
  • Cheryl Ladd actress, Huron
  • Ward L. Lambert basketball, Deadwood
  • Ernest Orlando Lawrence physicist, Canton
  • Russell Means American Indian activist, Pine Ridge
  • George McGovern politician, Avon
  • Dorothy Provine actress, Deadwood
  • Rain-in-the-Face Hunkpapa Sioux chief
  • Red Cloud Oglala Sioux chief
  • Sitting Bull Hunkpappa Sioux chief
  • Jess Thomas opera singer, Hot Springs
  • Norm Van Brocklin football player, Parade
  • Mamie Van Doren actress, Rowena

2. Governor:

  • Dennis Daugaard until January of 2015

3. Capital City:

  • Pierre

4. Motto:

  • Under God, the people Rule

5. Population:

  • 814,180 people as of 2010
  • this is a 7.9% increase from the year 2000, which the population was about 754,844 people

6. Time Zone:

  • Central Time Zone
  • Western area of South Dakota is in the Mountain Time Zone

7. State Abbreviation:

  • SD
  • S.D.

8. Border States:

  • Iowa
  • Minnestoa
  • Montana
  • Nebraska
  • North Dakota

9. Admission to Statehood:

  • SD entered the Union on November 2nd of 1889
  • This was the 39th or 40th state admitted to the Union

10. Largest City:

  • Sioux Falls
  • In the County of Minnehaha
  • Population of 153,888

11. Highest Point:

  • Harney Peak
  • In the County of Pennington
  • 7,242 feet

12. Lowest Point:

  • Big Stone Lake
  • In the County of Roberts
  • 966 feet

13. Professional Sports Teams:

  • There are only minor league teams;
  • Minor League Baseball

      1.Sioux Fall Canaries

  • Minor League Hockey

      1. University of South Dakota

            1.Coyotes

            2. Jackrabbits

      2. They only compete in the North Central Conference

 

 

 

 

 Refrences: www.Wikipedia.com    www.netstate.com      www.50states.com/statehood     www.classbrain.com