Editing North Sioux City, South Dakota (section)

==History==
The southern tip of this land between the [[Missouri River]] from the west and south and the [[Big Sioux River]] from the north and east was a meeting place for Native American Indians traveling the two rivers. Area tribes current to the 1804 [[Lewis and Clark]] expedition were the [[Omaha (tribe)|Omaha]], [[Yankton Sioux#Ihanktonwan-Ihanktonwana .28Yankton-Yanktonai.29|Yankton Dakota]] and [[Ponca]], all [[Siouan language]] speakers.

French-Canadian farmer Joseph La Plant, born ca. 1823 in Indiana, settled at '''Sioux Point''' in 1849 and is listed with other early settlers in the [[1860 United States census|1860 census]] as living "Between Big Sioux and [[Big Stone Lake]]" in the "Unorganized" area of [[Minnesota]], with the closest post office located immediately down and across the rivers in [[Sioux City]], Iowa.

North Sioux City was incorporated in 1951.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.city-data.com/city/North-Sioux-City-South-Dakota.html|title= North Sioux City, South Dakota|publisher=City-data.com|access-date=July 28, 2012}}</ref>