Editing Interior, South Dakota

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'''Interior''' ([[Lakota language|Lakota]]: ''makȟóšiča otȟúŋwahe'';<ref>{{cite book |last=Ullrich |first=Jan F. |title=New Lakota Dictionary |url=http://www.lakotadictionary.org/nldo.php |edition=2nd |year=2014 |publisher=Lakota Language Consortium |location=Bloomington, IN |isbn=978-0-9761082-9-0 |access-date=February 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018034145/http://www.lakotadictionary.org/nldo.php |archive-date=October 18, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> "[[Badlands National Park|Badlands]] village") is a town in [[Jackson County, South Dakota|Jackson County]], [[South Dakota]], United States. The population was 65 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref name=USCensus>{{cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau: Interior town, South Dakota |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US4631620 |website=www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=May 26, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

Interior got its start in 1907 when the Milwaukee Railroad was extended to that point.<ref name="book 43">{{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=121|year=1940|publisher=University of South Dakota|page=43}}</ref>

==History==
{{unreferenced section|date=August 2020}}
[[Norway|Norwegian]] immigrants George and Louis Johnson moved from [[Chamberlain, South Dakota]] to the banks of the White River just north of the [[Pine Ridge Reservation]] in 1883 to establish a way-station for freighting between Chamberlain and the [[Black Hills]]. In 1886, the area was connected by rail to [[Gordon, Nebraska]]. In 1891, the former way-station was called '''Black''' with Mary Johnson as its first postmaster. In 1893, the town was renamed "Interior" by George Johnson because he did not think the name "Black" fit the description of the White River that surrounded the town. In 1907 and 1908, the town was moved two miles and half northwest along the White River to meet the Milwaukee Railroad. The former location of the town became known as "old Interior".

The town went through major developments in the 1910s: in 1910, an efficient water system transporting water directly from the White River to Interior was installed and an electric grid was installed in 1912. Now with unlimited freshwater combined with being situated along the Milwaukee Railroad and near the Badlands, local committees seized the opportunity to use the town's advantage. In 1919, 21 and 22, the town hosted roundups that tourists traveled by train as far from [[Minneapolis]] to see. The events hosted cowboys from across the country and Native Americans in traditional clothing also participating.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lewis |first1=Mary |title=Interior, the Badland Town |publisher=Lewis Publishing, Inc. |location=Wasta, SD |edition=2}}</ref>

[[File:CityJailInteriorSD.jpg|thumb|Interior city jail]]
==Geography==
Interior is located along the [[White River (Missouri River tributary)|White River]] approximately one mile from [[Badlands National Park]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|1.35|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|1.34|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.01|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<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=June 21, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archivedate=July 2, 2012 }}</ref>

===Climate===
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|location = Interior, South Dakota (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1949–present)
|single line = Y
| Jan record high F = 71
| Feb record high F = 75
| Mar record high F = 85
| Apr record high F = 94
| May record high F = 102
| Jun record high F = 109
| Jul record high F = 114
| Aug record high F = 110
| Sep record high F = 106
| Oct record high F = 97
| Nov record high F = 84
| Dec record high F = 72
| year record high F = 114

|Jan avg record high F = 58.2
|Feb avg record high F = 62.9
|Mar avg record high F = 75.4
|Apr avg record high F = 83.5
|May avg record high F = 90.6
|Jun avg record high F = 97.5
|Jul avg record high F = 102.6
|Aug avg record high F = 102.2
|Sep avg record high F = 99.1
|Oct avg record high F = 87.4
|Nov avg record high F = 71.7
|Dec avg record high F = 60.3
|year avg record high F = 104.4

| Jan high F = 37.1
| Feb high F = 40.8
| Mar high F = 52.5
| Apr high F = 62.2
| May high F = 72.1
| Jun high F = 82.7
| Jul high F = 91.2
| Aug high F = 90.5
| Sep high F = 81.8
| Oct high F = 65.4
| Nov high F = 50.0
| Dec high F = 39.0
| year high F = 63.8
| Jan mean F = 25.7
| Feb mean F = 28.5
| Mar mean F = 39.1
| Apr mean F = 48.4
| May mean F = 58.9
| Jun mean F = 69.2
| Jul mean F = 76.8
| Aug mean F = 75.3
| Sep mean F = 66.2
| Oct mean F = 51.6
| Nov mean F = 37.6
| Dec mean F = 27.8
| year mean F = 50.4
| Jan low F = 14.2
| Feb low F = 16.2
| Mar low F = 25.8
| Apr low F = 34.7
| May low F = 45.7
| Jun low F = 55.7
| Jul low F = 62.3
| Aug low F = 60.2
| Sep low F = 50.5
| Oct low F = 37.8
| Nov low F = 25.2
| Dec low F = 16.6
| year low F = 37.1

|Jan avg record low F = -10.1
|Feb avg record low F = -6.4
|Mar avg record low F = 3.8
|Apr avg record low F = 18.8
|May avg record low F = 31.0
|Jun avg record low F = 43.5
|Jul avg record low F = 52.1
|Aug avg record low F = 48.1
|Sep avg record low F = 35.8
|Oct avg record low F = 19.6
|Nov avg record low F = 6.0
|Dec avg record low F = -5.8
|year avg record low F = -16.5

| Jan record low F = -28
| Feb record low F = -31
| Mar record low F = -23
| Apr record low F = 3
| May record low F = 20
| Jun record low F = 32
| Jul record low F = 42
| Aug record low F = 35 
| Sep record low F = 25
| Oct record low F = 0
| Nov record low F = -21
| Dec record low F = -31
| year record low F = -31
|precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation inch = 0.46
| Feb precipitation inch = 0.55
| Mar precipitation inch = 1.16
| Apr precipitation inch = 2.26
| May precipitation inch = 3.62
| Jun precipitation inch = 3.46
| Jul precipitation inch = 2.23
| Aug precipitation inch = 1.81
| Sep precipitation inch = 1.39
| Oct precipitation inch = 1.59
| Nov precipitation inch = 0.53
| Dec precipitation inch = 0.54
| year precipitation inch = 19.60
| Jan snow inch = 5.5
| Feb snow inch = 6.4
| Mar snow inch = 5.9
| Apr snow inch = 6.4
| May snow inch = 0.5
| Jun snow inch = 0.0
| Jul snow inch = 0.0
| Aug snow inch = 0.0
| Sep snow inch = 0.0
| Oct snow inch = 1.9
| Nov snow inch = 3.7
| Dec snow inch = 7.7
| year snow inch = 38.0
| unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
| Jan precipitation days = 4.4
| Feb precipitation days = 4.8
| Mar precipitation days = 5.6
| Apr precipitation days = 8.7
| May precipitation days = 9.8
| Jun precipitation days = 10.4
| Jul precipitation days = 8.1
| Aug precipitation days = 6.5
| Sep precipitation days = 5.8
| Oct precipitation days = 6.5
| Nov precipitation days = 4.4
| Dec precipitation days = 4.8
| year precipitation days = 79.8
| unit snow days = 0.1 in
| Jan snow days = 3.2
| Feb snow days = 3.3
| Mar snow days = 2.6
| Apr snow days = 1.6
| May snow days = 0.1
| Jun snow days = 0.0
| Jul snow days = 0.0
| Aug snow days = 0.0
| Sep snow days = 0.0
| Oct snow days = 0.8
| Nov snow days = 1.8
| Dec snow days = 3.9
| year snow days = 17.3
|source 1 = NOAA<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=unr
| title = NOWData - NOAA Online Weather Data
| publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
| accessdate = June 12, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{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=USC00394184&format=pdf
| title = Summary of Monthly Normals 1991-2020
| publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
| accessdate = June 12, 2021}}</ref> 
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1930= 144
|1940= 182
|1950= 126
|1960= 179
|1970= 81
|1980= 62
|1990= 67
|2000= 77
|2010= 94
|2020= 65
|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=October 15, 2022}}</ref>
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===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=June 21, 2012}}</ref> of 2010, there were 94 people, 40 households, and 24 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was {{convert|70.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 55 housing units at an average density of {{convert|41.0|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the town was 70.2% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 19.1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], and 10.6% from two or more races.

There were 40 households, of which 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 40.0% were non-families. 27.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 3.00.

The median age in the town was 41.5 years. 24.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 3.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.6% were from 25 to 44; 32.9% were from 45 to 64; and 12.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 46.8% male and 53.2% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 77 people, 35 households, and 22 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|57.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 53 housing units at an average density of {{convert|39.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 61.04% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 35.06% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], and 3.90% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.30% of the population.

There were 35 households, out of which 20.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.1% were non-families. 31.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.3% 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 2.77.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 22.1% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 32.5% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 108.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.5 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $31,719, and the median income for a family was $32,500. Males had a median income of $11,250 versus $21,750 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $27,247. There were no families and 8.8% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including no residents younger than eighteen and none over 64.

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[[Category:Towns in Jackson County, South Dakota]]
[[Category:Towns in South Dakota]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1907]]
[[Category:1907 establishments in South Dakota]]