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{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- Basic info ----------------> |official_name = Montrose, South Dakota |other_name = |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type = [[City]] |motto = "What You Need When You Need It" <!-- 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 = McCook_County_South_Dakota_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Montrose_Highlighted.svg |mapsize = 250px |map_caption = Location in [[McCook County, South Dakota|McCook 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 = [[McCook County, South Dakota|McCook]] |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 = |established_title = Platted |established_date = 1880<ref>{{cite web | title = SD Towns | publisher = [[South Dakota State Historical Society]] | accessdate = 2010-02-14 | url = http://history.sd.gov/Archives/forms/exhibits/SD%20Towns.pdf}}</ref> |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 = 1.09 |area_land_km2 = 1.09 |area_water_km2 = 0.00 |area_total_sq_mi = 0.42 |area_land_sq_mi = 0.42 |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 = 468 |population_density_km2 = 428.70 |population_density_sq_mi = 1111.64 <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]] |utc_offset = -6 |timezone_DST = CDT |utc_offset_DST = -5 |coordinates = {{coord|43|41|59|N|97|11|04|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> |elevation_ft = 1476 <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]] |postal_code = 57048 |area_code = [[Area code 605|605]] |blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]] |blank_info = 46-43500 |blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID |blank1_info = 1267483<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1267483}}</ref> |website = http://www.cityofmontrosesd.com/ |footnotes = |pop_est_footnotes = }} '''Montrose''' is a city in [[McCook County, South Dakota|McCook County]], [[South Dakota]], United States. The population was 468 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref name=USCensus>{{cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau: Montrose city, South Dakota |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US4643500 |website=www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=19 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> ==History== Montrose was laid out in 1880.<ref name="history">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA184 | 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=184}}</ref> Some say the town was named after the novel ''[[A Legend of Montrose]]'' by Sir [[Walter Scott]],<ref name="history" /> while others believe the name is an amalgamation of "mountain" and "rose", features near the original town site.<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=137|year=1940|publisher=University of South Dakota|page=52}}</ref> A post office has been in operation in Montrose since 1880.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=SD&county=McCook | title=McCook County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=4 April 2015}}</ref> Then-President [[George H. W. Bush]] visited Montrose for a political event in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |last=sodakgovs |date=2021-07-06 |title=Presidential visits to South Dakota (updated) |url=https://sodakgovs.com/2021/07/06/presidential-visits-to-south-dakota-updated/ |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=SoDak Governors |language=en}}</ref> ==Geography== According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|0.41|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> ===Climate=== According to the [[KΓΆppen Climate Classification]] system, Montrose has a [[hot-summer humid continental climate]], abbreviated "Dfa" on climate maps. {{Weather box |location = Montrose, South Dakota, 1991β2020 normals |single line = Yes |Jan high F = 25.1 |Feb high F = 30.0 |Mar high F = 42.9 |Apr high F = 56.9 |May high F = 69.3 |Jun high F = 79.7 |Jul high F = 84.3 |Aug high F = 81.4 |Sep high F = 74.5 |Oct high F = 61.0 |Nov high F = 43.5 |Dec high F = 30.5 |year high F = |Jan mean F = 15.7 |Feb mean F = 20.7 |Mar mean F = 32.2 |Apr mean F = 44.4 |May mean F = 57.4 |Jun mean F = 68.2 |Jul mean F = 73.0 |Aug mean F = 70.1 |Sep mean F = 61.9 |Oct mean F = 48.5 |Nov mean F = 32.6 |Dec mean F = 21.0 |year mean F = |Jan low F = 6.3 |Feb low F = 11.4 |Mar low F = 21.6 |Apr low F = 31.9 |May low F = 45.4 |Jun low F = 56.8 |Jul low F = 61.7 |Aug low F = 58.8 |Sep low F = 49.3 |Oct low F = 35.9 |Nov low F = 21.8 |Dec low F = 11.6 |year low F = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation inch = 0.88 |Feb precipitation inch = 0.71 |Mar precipitation inch = 1.34 |Apr precipitation inch = 3.01 |May precipitation inch = 3.67 |Jun precipitation inch = 4.43 |Jul precipitation inch = 3.42 |Aug precipitation inch = 3.46 |Sep precipitation inch = 3.01 |Oct precipitation inch = 2.18 |Nov precipitation inch = 1.15 |Dec precipitation inch = 0.82 |year precipitation inch = |unit precipitation days = 0.01 in |Jan precipitation days = 3.7 |Feb precipitation days = 3.3 |Mar precipitation days = 4.6 |Apr precipitation days = 7.1 |May precipitation days = 9.7 |Jun precipitation days = 9.8 |Jul precipitation days = 6.7 |Aug precipitation days = 6.9 |Sep precipitation days = 6.5 |Oct precipitation days = 5.3 |Nov precipitation days = 3.9 |Dec precipitation days = 3.4 |Jan snow inch = 5.1 |Feb snow inch = 6.1 |Mar snow inch = 3.8 |Apr snow inch = 3.6 |May snow inch = 0.1 |Jun snow inch = 0.0 |Jul snow inch = 0.0 |Aug snow inch = 0.0 |Sep snow inch = 0.1 |Oct snow inch = 0.8 |Nov snow inch = 3.1 |Dec snow inch = 8.3 |year snow inch = 31.0 |unit snow days = 0.1 in |Jan snow days = 2.7 |Feb snow days = 2.4 |Mar snow days = 1.5 |Apr snow days = 0.9 |May snow days = 0.0 |Jun snow days = 0.0 |Jul snow days = 0.0 |Aug snow days = 0.0 |Sep snow days = 0.2 |Oct snow days = 0.8 |Nov snow days = 1.1 |Dec snow days = 2.7 |source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA> {{cite web |url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00395738&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL |publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access β Station: Montrose 8N, SD |access-date = January 25, 2023 }} </ref><ref> {{cite web |url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00395733&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL |publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access β Station: Montrose, SD |access-date = January 25, 2023 }} </ref> }} ==Demographics== {{US Census population |1890= 563 |1900= 375 |1910= 442 |1920= 519 |1930= 471 |1940= 506 |1950= 448 |1960= 430 |1970= 377 |1980= 396 |1990= 420 |2000= 460 |2010= 472 |2020= 468 |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|author-link=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=September 23, 2013}}</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 472 people, 191 households, and 135 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1151.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 208 housing units at an average density of {{convert|507.3|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 97.7% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.1% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.3% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.3% of the population. There were 191 households, of which 35.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 29.3% were non-families. 26.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.99. The median age in the city was 37.2 years. 27.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 28.2% were from 25 to 44; 22.4% were from 45 to 64; and 16.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 46.6% male and 53.4% female. ===2000 census=== As of the [[census]] of 2000, there were 460 people, 195 households, and 124 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,133.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 202 housing units at an average density of {{convert|497.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 98.70% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.87% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.43% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]]. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.09% of the population. There were 195 households, out of which 26.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.9% were non-families. 31.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.98. In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.0% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 18.3% from 45 to 64, and 19.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.5 males. The median income for a household in the city was $31,250, and the median income for a family was $39,583. Males had a median income of $30,385 versus $19,886 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $15,233. About 3.5% of families and 11.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 8.5% of those under age 18 and 18.9% of those age 65 or over. ==Porter Sculpture Park== The [[Porter Sculpture Park]] is located outside the Montrose community, not far from I-90. Inside the park there sit 50 giant metal creatures designed by welding extra metal junk together. Of these 50 there is a {{convert|60|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}} longhorn, a giant pink rocking horse, and a magic dragon. It is an example of one man's view of the world. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{commons category|Montrose, South Dakota}} {{McCook County, South Dakota}} [http://www.rvparkreviews.com/regions/South_Dakota/Montrose.html>. March 1, 2010 RV Park Reviews] {{Authority control}} [[Category:Cities in South Dakota]] [[Category:Cities in McCook County, South Dakota]] [[Category:Sioux Falls, South Dakota metropolitan area]]
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