Fort Thompson, South Dakota

Fort Thompson, South Dakota
Fort Thompson Mounds
Location in Buffalo County and the state of South Dakota
Location in Buffalo County and the state of South Dakota
Coordinates: 44°03′10″N 99°24′48″W / 44.05278°N 99.41333°W / 44.05278; -99.41333
CountryUnited States
StateSouth Dakota
CountyBuffalo
Incorporated1889[1]
Area
 • Total12.60 sq mi (32.63 km2)
 • Land10.38 sq mi (26.88 km2)
 • Water2.22 sq mi (5.75 km2)
Elevation1,437 ft (438 m)
Population
 • Total1,224
 • Density117.95/sq mi (45.54/km2)
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP code
57339
Area code605
FIPS code46-22340[5]
GNIS feature ID2393006[3]

Fort Thompson is a census-designated place (CDP) in Buffalo County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 1,282 at the 2010 census, making it the largest settlement on the Crow Creek Reservation.

Fort Thompson was named in honor of Clark W. Thompson, superintendent of Indian Affairs.[6]

The Big Bend Dam, located near Fort Thompson, July 1998
  1. ^ "SD Towns" (PDF). South Dakota State Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 10, 2010. Retrieved February 12, 2010.
  2. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  3. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fort Thompson, South Dakota
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  6. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. American guide series. University of South Dakota. p. 38.