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{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- Basic info ----------------> |official_name = Gregory, South Dakota |other_name = |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type = [[City]] <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = Gregory, SD W side Main St from 5th St.JPG |imagesize = |image_caption = Main Street |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = Gregory_County_South_Dakota_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Gregory_Highlighted.svg |mapsize = 250px |map_caption = Location in [[Gregory County, South Dakota|Gregory 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 = 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 = [[Gregory County, South Dakota|Gregory]] |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = Aldermanic Form |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Al Cerney |leader_title1 = City Administrator |leader_name1 = Trudy Waterman |leader_title2 = Ward I |leader_name2 = Kristi Drey, |leader_title3 = Ward II |leader_name3 = Cory Graber |leader_title4 = Ward III |leader_name4 = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = |established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> |established_date2 = |established_title3 = Incorporated |established_date3 = December 7, 1908<ref>{{cite web|title=SD Towns |publisher=[[South Dakota State Historical Society]] |access-date=2010-02-12 |url=http://history.sd.gov/Archives/forms/exhibits/SD%20Towns.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210030454/http://history.sd.gov/Archives/forms/exhibits/SD%20Towns.pdf |archive-date=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 = 4.46 |area_land_km2 = 4.46 |area_water_km2 = 0.00 |area_total_sq_mi = 1.72 |area_land_sq_mi = 1.72 |area_water_sq_mi = 0.00 |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]] |population_est = |pop_est_as_of = |pop_est_footnotes = |population_footnotes = <ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly"/> |population_total = 1221 |population_density_km2 = 273.92 |population_density_sq_mi = 709.47 |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title = |population_blank1 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]] | utc_offset = −6 |timezone_DST = CDT | utc_offset_DST = −5 |coordinates = {{coord|43|13|48|N|99|25|15|W|region:US-SD_type:city|display=inline,title}}<ref name=gnis/> |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> |elevation_ft = 2169 <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]] |postal_code = 57533 |area_code = [[Area code 605|605]] |blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]] |blank_info = 46-26180<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> |blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID |blank1_info = 1267408<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1267408}}</ref> |website = http://www.cityofgregory.com/ |footnotes = }} '''Gregory''' is a city in western [[Gregory County, South Dakota|Gregory County]], [[South Dakota]], United States. The population was 1,221 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref name=USCensus>{{cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau: Gregory city, South Dakota |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US4626180 |website=www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=28 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref> ==History== Gregory was laid out in 1904.<ref>{{cite book|author=Federal Writers' Project|title=South Dakota place-names, v.1-3|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027015455;view=1up;seq=113|year=1940|publisher=University of South Dakota|page=40|author-link=Federal Writers' Project}}</ref> The city took its name from its location in [[Gregory County, South Dakota|Gregory County]].<ref name="Chicago and North Western Railway Company 1908 79"/> A post office called Gregory has been in operation since 1904.<ref name="Chicago and North Western Railway Company 1908 79">{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA79|year=1908|page=79}}</ref> The local paper for Gregory and the surrounding county, the ''Gregory Times-Advocate'', was founded in 1910.<ref>[[Library of Congress]], ''Chronicling America''. [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042723/ Record for ''Gregory Times-Advocate''], Retrieved 8 June 2016.</ref> On [[Early-May 1965 tornado outbreak sequence|May 8, 1965]], an [[Fujita scale|F5]] [[tornado]] touched down on the town without causing any fatalities. ==Geography== Gregory is located along [[U.S. Route 18 in South Dakota|U.S. Route 18]] and [[South Dakota Highway 47]] between [[Burke, South Dakota|Burke]], seven miles to the southeast and [[Dallas, South Dakota|Dallas]], four miles to the west. [[Ponca Creek (Missouri River tributary)|Ponca Creek]] flows past Gregory, two miles to the south and the headwaters of [[South Fork Whetstone Creek]] lie to the northeast.<ref>''Gregory, SD,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1964</ref> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|1.71|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]] |access-date=2012-06-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-01-25 }}</ref> ==Climate== {{Weather box |location = Gregory, South Dakota (1991β2020 normals, extremes 1906βpresent) |single line = Y |Jan record high F = 71 |Feb record high F = 76 |Mar record high F = 91 |Apr record high F = 98 |May record high F = 103 |Jun record high F = 107 |Jul record high F = 114 |Aug record high F = 113 |Sep record high F = 105 |Oct record high F = 97 |Nov record high F = 85 |Dec record high F = 79 |year record high F = 114 |Jan avg record high F = 57.0 |Feb avg record high F = 61.1 |Mar avg record high F = 74.9 |Apr avg record high F = 82.0 |May avg record high F = 88.9 |Jun avg record high F = 93.6 |Jul avg record high F = 100.3 |Aug avg record high F = 98.2 |Sep avg record high F = 93.7 |Oct avg record high F = 85.2 |Nov avg record high F = 72.2 |Dec avg record high F = 57.9 |year avg record high F = 101.2 |Jan high F = 31.6 |Feb high F = 35.9 |Mar high F = 46.8 |Apr high F = 57.6 |May high F = 68.8 |Jun high F = 79.6 |Jul high F = 86.6 |Aug high F = 84.7 |Sep high F = 76.7 |Oct high F = 61.6 |Nov high F = 46.8 |Dec high F = 34.5 |year high F = 59.3 |Jan mean F = 20.9 |Feb mean F = 24.5 |Mar mean F = 34.7 |Apr mean F = 45.4 |May mean F = 56.9 |Jun mean F = 67.8 |Jul mean F = 74.2 |Aug mean F = 72.0 |Sep mean F = 63.1 |Oct mean F = 48.7 |Nov mean F = 34.9 |Dec mean F = 24.2 |year mean F = 47.3 |Jan low F = 10.1 |Feb low F = 13.1 |Mar low F = 22.5 |Apr low F = 33.3 |May low F = 45.0 |Jun low F = 55.9 |Jul low F = 61.7 |Aug low F = 59.3 |Sep low F = 49.6 |Oct low F = 35.7 |Nov low F = 23.0 |Dec low F = 13.8 |year low F = 35.3 |Jan avg record low F = -12.1 |Feb avg record low F = -7.9 |Mar avg record low F = 0.0 |Apr avg record low F = 17.0 |May avg record low F = 30.2 |Jun avg record low F = 43.0 |Jul avg record low F = 50.2 |Aug avg record low F = 47.2 |Sep avg record low F = 33.7 |Oct avg record low F = 18.4 |Nov avg record low F = 4.4 |Dec avg record low F = -8.2 |year avg record low F = -17.6 |Jan record low F = β31 |Feb record low F = β28 |Mar record low F = β25 |Apr record low F = -4 |May record low F = 16 |Jun record low F = 32 |Jul record low F = 35 |Aug record low F = 33 |Sep record low F = 20 |Oct record low F = 3 |Nov record low F = β24 |Dec record low F = β36 |year record low F = -36 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation inch = 0.55 |Feb precipitation inch = 0.75 |Mar precipitation inch = 1.34 |Apr precipitation inch = 3.12 |May precipitation inch = 4.13 |Jun precipitation inch = 4.18 |Jul precipitation inch = 2.99 |Aug precipitation inch = 3.14 |Sep precipitation inch = 2.41 |Oct precipitation inch = 2.36 |Nov precipitation inch = 0.95 |Dec precipitation inch = 0.74 |year precipitation inch = 26.66 |Jan snow inch = 6.8 |Feb snow inch = 8.5 |Mar snow inch = 5.3 |Apr snow inch = 5.4 |May snow inch = 0.0 |Jun snow inch = 0.0 |Jul snow inch = 0.0 |Aug snow inch = 0.0 |Sep snow inch = 0.0 |Oct snow inch = 1.7 |Nov snow inch = 6.9 |Dec snow inch = 10.4 |year snow inch = 45.0 |unit precipitation days = 0.01 in |Jan precipitation days = 3.4 |Feb precipitation days = 4.3 |Mar precipitation days = 5.4 |Apr precipitation days = 8.2 |May precipitation days = 10.4 |Jun precipitation days = 10.0 |Jul precipitation days = 7.4 |Aug precipitation days = 7.1 |Sep precipitation days = 6.3 |Oct precipitation days = 6.0 |Nov precipitation days = 4.2 |Dec precipitation days = 4.0 |year precipitation days = 76.7 |unit snow days = 0.1 in |Jan snow days = 2.9 |Feb snow days = 3.6 |Mar snow days = 2.4 |Apr snow days = 1.4 |May snow days = 0.0 |Jun snow days = 0.0 |Jul snow days = 0.0 |Aug snow days = 0.0 |Sep snow days = 0.0 |Oct snow days = 0.6 |Nov snow days = 1.8 |Dec snow days = 3.1 |year snow days = 15.8 |source 1 = [[NOAA]]<ref name= NOAA> {{cite web | url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=fsd | title = NowData - NOAA Online Weather Data | publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | access-date = October 18, 2021}}</ref><ref name=NCEI> {{cite web | url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00393452&format=pdf | title = Station: Gregory, SD | work = U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020) | publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | access-date = October 18, 2021}}</ref> }} ==Demographics== {{US Census population |1910= 1142 |1920= 1067 |1930= 1034 |1940= 1246 |1950= 1375 |1960= 1478 |1970= 1756 |1980= 1503 |1990= 1486 |2000= 1342 |2010= 1295 |2020= 1221 |align-fn=center |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|author=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 7, 2016|author-link=United States Census Bureau}}</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]]|access-date=2012-06-21}}</ref> of 2010, there were 1,295 people, 611 households, and 326 families living in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|757.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 730 housing units at an average density of {{convert|426.9|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 90.3% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.2% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 6.8% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.6% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 2.2% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.8% of the population. There were 611 households, of which 23.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 46.6% were non-families. 43.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 25.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.05 and the average family size was 2.82. The median age in the city was 48.5 years. 21.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 17% were from 25 to 44; 28.1% were from 45 to 64; and 26.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.8% male and 52.2% female. ===2000 census=== As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,342 people, 613 households, and 351 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|982.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 718 housing units at an average density of {{convert|525.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 95.68% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 3.28% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.07% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.07% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.89% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.89% of the population. There were 613 households, out of which 25.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.6% were non-families. 40.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 26.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 2.94. In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.0% under the age of 18, 4.4% from 18 to 24, 21.7% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 27.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.9 males. As of 2000 the median income for a household in the city was $23,173, and the median income for a family was $31,250. Males had a median income of $25,057 versus $16,923 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $13,626. About 12.9% of families and 18.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 25.9% of those under age 18 and 20.7% of those age 65 or over. ==Notable person== * [[Oscar Micheaux]], first major African-American feature filmmaker<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.travelsouthdakota.com/newsroom/press-releases/south-dakotas-great-faces/oscar-micheaux |access-date=2019-02-23|title=Newsroom | South Dakota Tourism Industry}}</ref> ==See also== * [[List of cities in South Dakota]] ==References== {{reflist|22em}} ==External links== {{commons category-inline|Gregory, South Dakota}} {{Gregory County, South Dakota}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Cities in South Dakota]] [[Category:Cities in Gregory County, South Dakota]]
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