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Shindler, South Dakota

Coordinates: 43°28′04″N 96°37′08″W / 43.46778°N 96.61889°W / 43.46778; -96.61889
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Shindler, South Dakota
Shindler is located in South Dakota
Shindler
Shindler
Location in South Dakota
Shindler is located in the United States
Shindler
Shindler
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 43°28′04″N 96°37′08″W / 43.46778°N 96.61889°W / 43.46778; -96.61889
CountryUnited States
StateSouth Dakota
CountyLincoln
Area
 • Total1.50 sq mi (3.89 km2)
 • Land1.50 sq mi (3.89 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation1,375 ft (419 m)
Population
 • Total607
 • Density404.13/sq mi (156.05/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
57106
FIPS code46-58590
GNIS feature ID2584568[2]

Shindler is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lincoln County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 607 at the 2020 census.[4]

History

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The community has the name of Charles Shindler, a settler.[5]

Geography

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Shindler is located in the northeastern corner of Lincoln County and is approximately 8 miles (13 km) southeast of the center of Sioux Falls along South Dakota Highway 11. It is 15 miles (24 km) north of Canton, the Lincoln county seat, and 3 miles (5 km) west of the Big Sioux River, which forms the Iowa state line.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Shindler CDP has an area of 1.5 square miles (3.9 km2), all land.[6] Spring Creek flows eastward through the southern part of the CDP, leading to the Big Sioux River.

Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2020607
U.S. Decennial Census[7]

References

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  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shindler, South Dakota
  3. ^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  4. ^ "U.S. Census Bureau: Shindler CDP, South Dakota". www.census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  5. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 60.
  6. ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  7. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.