Shindler, South Dakota

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Shindler, South Dakota
Census-designated place
Shindler is located in South Dakota
Shindler
Shindler
Location in South Dakota
Coordinates: 43°28′30″N 96°38′55″W / 43.47500°N 96.64861°W / 43.47500; -96.64861Coordinates: 43°28′30″N 96°38′55″W / 43.47500°N 96.64861°W / 43.47500; -96.64861
CountryUnited States
StateSouth Dakota
CountyLincoln
Area
[1]
 • Total1.50 sq mi (3.89 km2)
 • Land1.50 sq mi (3.89 km2)
 • Water0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation
1,403 ft (428 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total607
 • Density389/sq mi (150.1/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
57106
FIPS code46-58590
GNIS feature ID1261065

Shindler is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lincoln County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 607 at the 2020 census.[2]

Geography[]

Shindler is located in the northeastern corner of Lincoln County at

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43°28′30″N 96°38′55″W / 43.474976°N 96.648658°W / 43.474976; -96.648658 (43.474976, -96.648658).[3] It is approximately 8 miles (13 km) southeast of the center of Sioux Falls along South Dakota Highway 11. It is 15 miles (24 km) north of Canton, the Lincoln county seat, and 3 miles (5 km) west of the Big Sioux River, which forms the Iowa state line.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Shindler CDP has an area of 1.5 square miles (3.9 km2), all land.[1] Spring Creek flows eastward through the southern part of the CDP, leading to the Big Sioux River.

History[]

The community has the name of Charles Shindler, a settler.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  2. ^ "U.S. Census Bureau: Shindler CDP, South Dakota". www.census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shindler, South, Dakota. Retrieved on 2008-02-19. (Elev. 1404 ft / 428 m)
  4. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 60.
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