City of Huron, Beadle County, South Dakota, United States

Overview of Huron

• Name:
  Huron
• Official Name:
  City of Huron
• Place Type:
  Incorporated City (county subdivision)
• Located In:
  Beadle County, South Dakota, United States
  
• History (GNIS):
  Settled in 1880 and incorporated by the Dakota Territorial Legislature on 8 March 1883. (SD-T17/p71) Named by Marvin Hughitt, President of the North Western Railroad for the Huron Indians. Believed to be a corruption of the French word "hure" that was given to a tribe of Indians by the French, the word meaning "wild boar." (SD-T83/P85)
• Surveys:
  Fifth Principal Meridian
  

  Range 61 West
  

  Townships: 110 North, 111 North

  Range 62 West
  

  Townships: 110 North, 111 North
• County Seat of:
  Beadle County
• Coordinates:
  Latitude:44.363317344° 21' 47.9"N

  Longitude:-98.214257298° 12' 51.3"W
• Nearby Cities:
  • Morningside (Custer Township) 1.3 mi. E
  • Prairie Villa Mobile Court (Clyde Township) 3 mi. SW
  • Cavour 8.7 mi. E
  • Broadland 11.1 mi. NW
  • Virgil 11.5 mi. SW
  • Yale 12.1 mi. NE
• Nearby Cemeteries:
  • Riverside (Custer Township) 1.8 mi. SE
  • Ideal (Custer Township) 2.1 mi. SE
  • Saint Martin (Custer Township) 2.2 mi. SE
  • Restlawn Memory Garden (Clyde Township) 3.2 mi. S
  • Cavour Protestant (Cavour Township) 8 mi. E
  • Saint Patrick (Cavour Township) 8 mi. E
  • Shue Creek (Cavour Township) 9.2 mi. NE
  • Atfield (Iowa Township) 10.2 mi. N
  • Virgil (Virgil) 11.3 mi. SW
  • Broadland (Broadland) 11.3 mi. NW
  • Aquilla (Warren Township, Sanborn County) 11.6 mi. S
  • Wolsey (Hartland Township) 12.2 mi. W
• Population:
  11,026
• Elevation:
  390 m
• Histopolis Place ID:
  165234265
• Updated May 4, 2020