Oral, South Dakota

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Oral, South Dakota
Unincorporated community
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Oral
Location within the state of South Dakota
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Oral
Oral (the United States)
Coordinates: 43°24′18″N103°16′7″W / 43.40500°N 103.26861°W / 43.40500; -103.26861
Country United States
State South Dakota
County Fall River
Area
[1]
 • 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 zone UTC-6 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
57766
FIPS code 46-47340
GNIS 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]

Contents

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

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020 66—
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]

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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. 1 2 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.


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