The Sioux Falls, SD–MN Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, is an area consisting of four counties in South Dakota and one county in Minnesota, anchor
Sioux Falls skyline as seen from Falls Park
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South Dakota is a landlocked state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Dakota Sioux tribe, which comprises a large po
Sioux Falls metropolitan area
…The Sioux Falls, SD–MN Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, is an area consisting of four counties in South Dakota and one county in Minnesota, anchored by the city of Sioux Falls. The metro area is referred to locally as the Sioux Empire. It is considered a part…
Deadwood, like many other Black Hills towns, was founded after the discovery of gold.
A South Dakota farm during the Dust Bowl, 1936. Normal tillage practices turn South Dakota's fragile soil into a fine, loose powder that blows away, and sometimes covered vehicles, equipment, and buildings with dust during the Dust Bowl.
Badlands National Park
The Black Hills, a low mountain range, is located in Southwestern South Dakota.