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{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- Basic info ----------------> |official_name = Doland, South Dakota |other_name = |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type = [[City]] |motto = Home of Heroes <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = Spink_County_South_Dakota_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Doland_Highlighted.svg |mapsize = 250px |map_caption = Location in [[Spink County, South Dakota|Spink County]] and the state of [[South Dakota]] |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_mapsize = <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]] |subdivision_name1 = [[South Dakota]] |subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in South Dakota|County]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Spink County, South Dakota|Spink]] |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Stuart Bell {{cn|date=August 2023}} |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = 1886 |established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> |established_date2 = |established_title3 = Incorporated |established_date3 = 1909<ref>{{cite web|title=SD Towns |publisher=[[South Dakota State Historical Society]] |accessdate=2010-02-11 |url=http://history.sd.gov/Archives/forms/exhibits/SD%20Towns.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210030454/http://history.sd.gov/Archives/forms/exhibits/SD%20Towns.pdf |archivedate=2010-02-10 }}</ref> <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/5/query?where=STATE='46'&outFields=NAME,STATE,PLACE,AREALAND,AREAWATER,LSADC,CENTLAT,CENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 15, 2022}}</ref> |area_total_km2 = 1.52 |area_land_km2 = 1.52 |area_water_km2 = 0.00 |area_total_sq_mi = 0.59 |area_land_sq_mi = 0.59 |area_water_sq_mi = 0.00 <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]] |population_est = |pop_est_as_of = |population_footnotes = <ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly"/> |population_note = |population_total = 199 |population_density_km2 = 130.57 |population_density_sq_mi = 338.44 <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]] |utc_offset = -6 |timezone_DST = CDT |utc_offset_DST = -5 |coordinates = {{coord|44|53|40|N|98|05|59|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> |elevation_ft = 1355 <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]] |postal_code = 57436 |area_code = [[Area code 605|605]] |blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]] |blank_info = 46-16820<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> |blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID |blank1_info = 1267355<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1267355}}</ref> |website = |footnotes = |pop_est_footnotes = }} '''Doland''' is a city in eastern [[Spink County, South Dakota|Spink County]], [[South Dakota]], United States. The population was 199 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref name=USCensus>{{cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau: Doland city, South Dakota |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US4616820 |website=www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=12 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref> ==History== Doland was [[plat]]ted in 1882.<ref name="history">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA65 | title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways | author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company | year=1908 | page=65}}</ref> The city was named for Civil War veteran Franklin Henry Doland, an original owner of the town site.<ref name="history" /><ref>{{cite book|author=Federal Writers' Project|author-link=Federal Writers' Project|title=South Dakota place-names, v.1-3|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027015455;view=1up;seq=103|year=1940|publisher=University of South Dakota|page=36}}</ref> Doland purchased several hundred acres in the expected path of the [[Chicago and North Western Transportation Company|Chicago and North Western]] railroad which was moving westward into South Dakota. The railroad created a depot for shipping for farmers at the location.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Freedman |first=Samuel G. |title=Into the Bright Sunshine: Young Hubert Humphrey and the Fight for Civil Rights |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2023 |isbn=978-0197535196 |location=Oxford, United Kingdom |pages=8}}</ref> A post office has been in operation in Doland since 1882.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=SD&county=Spink |title=Spink County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=15 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402130941/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=SD&county=Spink |archivedate=2 April 2015 }}</ref> ==Geography== According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|0.59|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=2012-06-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archivedate=2012-07-02 }}</ref> ==Demographics== {{US Census population |align=left |1890= 216 |1900= 235 |1910= 581 |1920= 667 |1930= 538 |1940= 542 |1950= 535 |1960= 481 |1970= 430 |1980= 381 |1990= 306 |2000= 297 |2010= 180 |2020= 199 |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:46&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 15, 2022}}</ref> }} ===2010 census=== As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2012-06-21}}</ref> of 2010, there were 180 people, 95 households, and 47 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|305.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 131 housing units at an average density of {{convert|222.0|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 98.9% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.6% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], and 0.6% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.7% of the population. There were 95 households, of which 14.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 50.5% were non-families. 46.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.89 and the average family size was 2.68. The median age in the city was 50.2 years. 15.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 15% were from 25 to 44; 42.8% were from 45 to 64; and 18.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.2% male and 52.8% female. ===2000 census=== As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 297 people, 120 households, and 75 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|504.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 159 housing units at an average density of {{convert|269.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 96.97% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.67% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.35% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.34% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.67% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.67% of the population. There were 120 households, out of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.7% were non-families. 34.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.22. In the city, the population was spread out, with 30.3% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.1 males. The median income for a household in the city was $30,313, and the median income for a family was $35,625. Males had a median income of $24,375 versus $20,357 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $17,437. About 20.3% of families and 19.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 28.4% of those under the age of eighteen and 14.3% of those 65 or over. == Schools == The Doland Public School system includes Doland Elementary School PK-6; Hillside Colony School K-8; Doland Junior High School (about 20 students) 7-8; and Doland High School (about 50 students). ==Notable people== * [[Hubert Humphrey]] (vice president 1964-1968 and presidential candidate 1968) was raised in Doland graduating from Doland High School in 1929. Humphrey's father ran a [[pharmacy]] in Doland. * [[Dennis Koslowski]], 1992 Olympic silver medalist and the twin brother of Olympian Duane Koslowski. * [[Jon Madsen]], professional [[Mixed Martial Artist]] * [[Tim Miles]], basketball coach, San Jose State University * [[Harvey L. Wollman]], 26th [[Governor of South Dakota]]<ref name=highschool>{{cite web |url=http://www.doland.k12.sd.us/schoolinfo/QuickFacts/QuickFacts.htm |title=Doland Public School Quick Facts |accessdate=2010-06-17 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212223309/http://www.doland.k12.sd.us/schoolinfo/QuickFacts/QuickFacts.htm |archivedate=December 12, 2013 }}</ref> * [[Roger Leland Wollman]], Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Dakota<ref name=highschool /> ==See also== * [[List of cities in South Dakota]] ==References== {{Reflist|22em}} ==External links== {{commons category-inline|Doland, South Dakota}} {{Spink County, South Dakota}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Cities in South Dakota]] [[Category:Cities in Spink County, South Dakota]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1882]] [[Category:1882 establishments in Dakota Territory]]
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