Editing Hamill, South Dakota

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2017}}
{{Infobox settlement
<!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage-->
<!-- Basic info  ---------------->
|official_name            = Hamill, South Dakota
|other_name               = 
|native_name              = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English -->
|nickname                 = 
|settlement_type          = [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
|motto                    = 
<!-- 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                = Tripp_County_South_Dakota_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Hamill_Highlighted.svg
|mapsize                  = 250px
|map_caption              = Location in [[Tripp County, South Dakota|Tripp 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        = [[Tripp County, South Dakota|Tripp]]
|subdivision_type3        = 
|subdivision_name3        = 
|subdivision_type4        = 
|subdivision_name4        = 
<!-- Politics ----------------->
|government_footnotes     = 
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = 
|leader_name              = 
|leader_title1            = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager -->
|leader_name1             = 
|leader_title2            = 
|leader_name2             = 
|leader_title3            = 
|leader_name3             = 
|leader_title4            = 
|leader_name4             = 
|established_title        = <!-- Settled -->
|established_date         = 
|established_title2       = <!-- Incorporated (town) -->
|established_date2        = 
|established_title3       = <!-- Incorporated (city) -->
|established_date3        = 
<!-- 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           = 3.25
|area_land_km2            = 3.16
|area_water_km2           = 0.08
|area_total_sq_mi         = 1.25
|area_land_sq_mi          = 1.22
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.03
|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_footnotes     = <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>
|population_note          = 
|population_total         = 14
|population_density_km2   = 4.42
|population_density_sq_mi = 11.46
|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|35|38|N|99|41|26|W|region:US-SD|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
|elevation_ft             = 1798
<!-- Area/postal codes & others -------->
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 57534
|area_code                = [[Area code 605|605]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 46-26660<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              = 2393037<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2393037}}</ref>
|website                  = 
|footnotes                = 
|pop_est_as_of = 
|pop_est_footnotes = 
|population_est = 
}}
'''Hamill''' is a [[rural]] [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] in [[Tripp County, South Dakota|Tripp County]], [[South Dakota]], United States. The population was 14 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref name=USCensus>{{cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau: Hamill CDP, South Dakota |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US4626660 |website=www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=23 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref> There is a post office at Hamill, also two churches and a community hall; otherwise, no businesses or services.

Hamill lies about 1.9 miles (3 km) south of [[No Moccasin Creek]], a tributary of the [[White River (Missouri River tributary)|White River]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=No Moccasin Creek · South Dakota |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/No+Moccasin+Creek/@43.6687151,-99.7973132,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x878112a0b7a653d3:0xb84e42f5b04e69f4!8m2!3d43.6710379!4d-99.7174776!16s/g/11clsh20b7?entry=ttu |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=No Moccasin Creek · South Dakota |language=en}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2020= 14
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}
As of the census<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 11 people, 5 households, and 3 families residing in Hamill. The population density was 9.0 people per square mile (3.5/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 7 housing units at an average density of 5.7/sq&nbsp;mi (2.2/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the CDP was 100.00% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]].

There were 5 households, out of which 20.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.0% were married couples living together, and 40.0% were non-families. 40.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.20 and the average family size was 3.00.

In Hamill, the population was spread out, with 18.2% under the age of 18, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 9.1% from 45 to 64, and 45.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 62 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.0 males.

The median income for a household in Hamill was $42,500, and the median income for a family was $42,500. Males had a median income of $15,000 versus $16,250 for females. The per capita income for Hamill was $11,833. None of the population or families were below the poverty line.

==History==
The town was started in April 1909 on the east side of No Moccasin Lake. Originally named '''Roseland''',<ref>[http://www.winner.k12.sd.us/page/3253 Hamill, Tripp County]</ref> Hamill was renamed for Gail Hamill the pioneer merchant, postmaster and banker in town.<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=115|year=1940|publisher=University of South Dakota|page=40}}</ref> In 1909 the [[Milwaukee Road]] surveyed a route from [[Oacoma, South Dakota]] through Roseland and beyond but the line was never built.<ref>Linnaus, Dr. Vernon F and Bartels, Michael M.. ''Rails to the Rosebud''. South Platte Press, 2008, p. 41.</ref>

[[Carrie Ingalls]] (sister of ''[[Little House on the Prairie]]'''s [[Laura Ingalls Wilder]]) was transferred to the local newspaper; ''Roseland Review'' in 1910, from [[Pedro, South Dakota]].<ref>[http://www.keystonehistory.com/index.php/cultural-innovators/carrie-ingalls ''Carrie Ingalls'' profile] on Keystone Area Historical Society Official Homepage</ref><ref>[http://littlehousediscussion.blogspot.com/2015/02/carrie-ingalls-swanzey-accomplished.html Carrie Ingalls] on littlehousediscussion.blogspot.com</ref>

A [[census-designated place]] (CDP) was established in 1980 to include Hamill, from which the CDP derived its name. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], this CDP has a total area of {{convert|1.2|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|1.2|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.04|sqmi|km2}} (2.40%) is water.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Tripp County, South Dakota}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Census-designated places in South Dakota]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Tripp County, South Dakota]]