Rockport Colony, South Dakota

Unincorporated community in South Dakota, United States

43°34′55″N 97°50′35″W / 43.58194°N 97.84306°W / 43.58194; -97.84306CountryUnited StatesStateSouth DakotaCounty HansonArea

^[1]

• Total0.22 sq mi (0.56 km²) • Land0.22 sq mi (0.56 km²) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)Elevation

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1,250 ft (380 m)Population

(2020)^[3]

• Total77 • Density353.21/sq mi (136.57/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP code

57311

Area code605GNIS feature ID2813030^[2]

Rockport Colony is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hanson County, South Dakota, United States. It is located on the James River, southwest of Alexandria and southeast of Mitchell, and is part of the Mitchell Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 77 at the 2020 census.^[4] The elevation is 1,224 feet.

Dam on the James River at Rockport Colony, ca. 1915

The Rockport Colony Elementary School, which had 24 students in 2008,^[5]^[6] is not located in Rockport Colony, but is physically in the town of Alexandria.^[6]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	77		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[7]

Notes

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rockport Colony, South Dakota
^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
^ "U.S. Census Bureau: Rockport Colony CDP, South Dakota". www.census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
^ "South Dakota schools: Alexandria schools: Mitchell School District 17-2: Rockport Colony" Great Schools, accessed 12 November 2008
^ ^a ^b "Rockport Colony Elementary School". School Matters. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.