Oral, South Dakota

Unincorporated community in South Dakota, United States
43°24′18″N 103°16′7″W / 43.40500°N 103.26861°W / 43.40500; -103.26861CountryUnited StatesStateSouth DakotaCountyFall RiverArea • Total1.68 sq mi (4.35 km2) • Land1.67 sq mi (4.34 km2) • Water0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2)Elevation
2,969 ft (905 m)Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total66 • Density39.43/sq mi (15.22/km2)Time zoneUTC-6 (Mountain (MST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP codes
57766
FIPS code46-47340GNIS feature ID1265313[3]

Oral is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Fall River County, South Dakota, United States.[3] The population was 66 at the 2020 census.[4]

Oral has been assigned the ZIP Code of 57766.[5]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
202066—
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

History

A post office called Oral has been in operation since 1894.[7] Some say Oral is the middle name of the first postmaster's son,[8] (John Oral Goodman, later of Riverton, WY) while others believe the community was so named with the expectation the place would become something people would be talking about.[9]

  • Sign in Oral
    Sign in Oral

References

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  2. ^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  3. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Oral
  4. ^ "U.S. Census Bureau: Oral CDP, South Dakota". www.census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  5. ^ "Oral, SD ZIP Codes". SD HomeTownLocator. HTL, Inc. Retrieved September 12, 2008.
  6. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  7. ^ "Fall River County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
  8. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 52.
  9. ^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 110.

External links

  • Oral, South Dakota at hometownlocator.com
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