Oral, South Dakota
Unincorporated community
Rooftop in Oral
Rooftop in Oral
Oral is located in South Dakota
Oral
Oral
Location within the state of South Dakota
Oral is located in the United States
Oral
Oral
Oral (the United States)
Coordinates: 43°24′18″N 103°16′7″W / 43.40500°N 103.26861°W / 43.40500; -103.26861
CountryUnited States
StateSouth Dakota
CountyFall 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 zoneUTC-6 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
57766
FIPS code46-47340
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]

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]

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.

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Municipalities and communities of Fall River County, South Dakota, United States
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