Editing Oelrichs, South Dakota

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'''Oelrichs''' ([[Lakota language|Lakota]]: ''šuŋkpȟáwaksa'';<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> "Severed Horse Head") is a town in [[Fall River County, South Dakota|Fall River County]], [[South Dakota]], United States. The population was 117 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref name=USCensus>{{cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau: Oelrichs town, South Dakota |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US4646500 |website=www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=March 23, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

==History==

[[File:Grabill - The Interview (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Harry Oelrichs (second from left) speaking with tribal leaders in 1887]]
[[File:St. Martin's Catholic Church Oelrichs SD.jpg|left|thumb|St. Martin's Catholic Church]]

Oelrichs was laid out in 1885.<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=139|year=1940|publisher=University of South Dakota|page=52}}</ref> The town was founded by Henry (Harry) Oelrichs, superintendent of the Anglo-American Cattle Company.<ref>{{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=PA109|year=1908|page=109}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=May 29, 1902 |title=Harry Oelrichs |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1902/05/29/archives/death-list-of-a-day-harry-oelrichs.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=December 8, 2019 |quote=For a time he was Superintendent of the Anglo-American Cattle Company in Dakota, where he founded a town that bears his name.  }}</ref> A post office called Oelrichs has been in operation since 1885.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=SD&county=Fall+River | title=Fall River County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=March 24, 2015}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|0.38|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=June 21, 2012|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=January 25, 2012}}</ref>

===Climate===
{{Weather box 
|location = Oelrichs, South Dakota (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1893–present)
|single line = Y
|width = auto
|Jan record high F = 69
|Feb record high F = 78
|Mar record high F = 85
|Apr record high F = 98
|May record high F = 103
|Jun record high F = 110
|Jul record high F = 114
|Aug record high F = 110
|Sep record high F = 109
|Oct record high F = 96
|Nov record high F = 87
|Dec record high F = 74
|year record high F = 114

|Jan avg record high F = 56.4
|Feb avg record high F = 61.0
|Mar avg record high F = 75.5
|Apr avg record high F = 81.8
|May avg record high F = 89.2
|Jun avg record high F = 96.5
|Jul avg record high F = 102.7
|Aug avg record high F = 101.6
|Sep avg record high F = 97.4
|Oct avg record high F = 86.3
|Nov avg record high F = 71.6
|Dec avg record high F = 58.6
|year avg record high F = 103.9

|Jan high F = 35.8
|Feb high F = 39.7
|Mar high F = 50.9
|Apr high F = 59.5
|May high F = 68.9
|Jun high F = 79.9
|Jul high F = 88.9
|Aug high F = 88.2
|Sep high F = 78.9
|Oct high F = 63.0
|Nov high F = 48.4
|Dec high F = 37.0
|year high F = 61.6
|Jan mean F = 24.3
|Feb mean F = 27.1
|Mar mean F = 36.8
|Apr mean F = 45.1
|May mean F = 55.2
|Jun mean F = 65.6
|Jul mean F = 73.5
|Aug mean F = 72.0
|Sep mean F = 62.5
|Oct mean F = 48.0
|Nov mean F = 35.2
|Dec mean F = 25.4
|year mean F = 47.6
|Jan low F = 12.9
|Feb low F = 14.4
|Mar low F = 22.7
|Apr low F = 30.7
|May low F = 41.4
|Jun low F = 51.4
|Jul low F = 58.0
|Aug low F = 55.9
|Sep low F = 46.1
|Oct low F = 33.1
|Nov low F = 22.0
|Dec low F = 13.8
|year low F = 33.5

|Jan avg record low F = -10.6
|Feb avg record low F = -8.2
|Mar avg record low F = 1.6
|Apr avg record low F = 14.3
|May avg record low F = 25.3
|Jun avg record low F = 39.0
|Jul avg record low F = 46.7
|Aug avg record low F = 44.4
|Sep avg record low F = 32.0
|Oct avg record low F = 14.6
|Nov avg record low F = 1.9
|Dec avg record low F = -8.5
|year avg record low F = -19.1

|Jan record low F = −36
|Feb record low F = −41
|Mar record low F = −24
|Apr record low F = −7
|May record low F = 14
|Jun record low F = 27
|Jul record low F = 34
|Aug record low F = 26
|Sep record low F = 9
|Oct record low F = −11
|Nov record low F = −22
|Dec record low F = −37
|year record low F = −41
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 0.41
|Feb precipitation inch = 0.50
|Mar precipitation inch = 1.02
|Apr precipitation inch = 2.04
|May precipitation inch = 3.25
|Jun precipitation inch = 3.35
|Jul precipitation inch = 2.00
|Aug precipitation inch = 1.54
|Sep precipitation inch = 1.40
|Oct precipitation inch = 1.35
|Nov precipitation inch = 0.58
|Dec precipitation inch = 0.41
|year precipitation inch = 17.85
|Jan snow inch = 6.2
|Feb snow inch = 7.3
|Mar snow inch = 7.1
|Apr snow inch = 5.3
|May snow inch = 0.3
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.2
|Oct snow inch = 3.6
|Nov snow inch = 5.5
|Dec snow inch = 8.3
|year snow inch = 43.8
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 3.4
|Feb precipitation days = 4.1
|Mar precipitation days = 5.4
|Apr precipitation days = 7.9
|May precipitation days = 10.2
|Jun precipitation days = 9.4
|Jul precipitation days = 6.9
|Aug precipitation days = 5.9
|Sep precipitation days = 5.5
|Oct precipitation days = 5.9
|Nov precipitation days = 4.0
|Dec precipitation days = 3.8
|year precipitation days = 72.4
|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 2.8
|Feb snow days = 3.6
|Mar snow days = 3.0
|Apr snow days = 1.9
|May snow days = 0.2
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.1
|Oct snow days = 1.0
|Nov snow days = 2.2
|Dec snow days = 3.6
|year snow days = 18.4
|source 1 = [[NOAA]]<ref name= NOAA>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=unr
| title = NowData - NOAA Online Weather Data
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = October 28, 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=USC00396212&format=pdf
| title = Station: Oelrichs, SD
| work = U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020)
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = October 28, 2021}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 303
|1910= 150
|1920= 176
|1930= 206
|1940= 212
|1950= 168
|1960= 132
|1970= 94
|1980= 124
|1990= 138
|2000= 145
|2010= 126
|2020= 117
|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|access-date=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>
}}

===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=June 21, 2012}}</ref> of 2010, there were 126 people, 61 households, and 38 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was {{convert|331.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 74 housing units at an average density of {{convert|194.7|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the town was 79.4% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 18.3% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], and 2.4% from two or more races.

There were 61 households, of which 19.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 19.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 1.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 37.7% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.07 and the average family size was 2.61.

The median age in the town was 53 years. 18.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 2.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.2% were from 25 to 44; 34.1% were from 45 to 64; and 23% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 47.6% male and 52.4% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 145 people, 67 households, and 45 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|384.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 76 housing units at an average density of {{convert|201.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 83.45% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 15.86% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], and 0.69% from two or more races.

There were 67 households, out of which 16.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.8% were non-families. 25.4% 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 2.16 and the average family size was 2.47.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 16.6% under the age of 18, 4.1% from 18 to 24, 15.9% from 25 to 44, 29.7% from 45 to 64, and 33.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 51 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.1 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $27,222, and the median income for a family was $28,906. Males had a median income of $19,583 versus $19,167 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $13,454. There were 5.1% of families and 12.7% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including 36.0% of under eighteens and 2.0% of those over 64.

==References==
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{{Fall River County, South Dakota}}

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[[Category:Towns in Fall River County, South Dakota]]
[[Category:Towns in South Dakota]]