Kyle, South Dakota

Kyle
Pejuta ȟaka (Lakota)
Location in Oglala Lakota County and the state of South Dakota
Location in Oglala Lakota County and the state of South Dakota
Coordinates: 43°25′28″N 102°10′48″W / 43.42444°N 102.18000°W / 43.42444; -102.18000
CountryUnited States
StateSouth Dakota
CountyOglala Lakota
Area
 • Total1.53 sq mi (3.95 km2)
 • Land1.48 sq mi (3.82 km2)
 • Water0.05 sq mi (0.13 km2)
Elevation2,910 ft (890 m)
Population
 • Total943
 • Density639.32/sq mi (246.92/km2)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
57752
Area code605
FIPS code46-34460[4]
GNIS feature ID2393072[2]

Kyle (Lakota: phežúta ȟaká; "Branched Medicine"[5]) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States. Its population was 943 at the 2020 census.[6] Located within the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation of the Oglala Lakota, it is one of two settlements which are closest to the North American continental pole of inaccessibility.

The community was named for James H. Kyle, a Senator from South Dakota.[7]

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kyle, South Dakota
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  5. ^ Ullrich, Jan F. (2014). New Lakota Dictionary (2nd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Lakota Language Consortium. ISBN 978-0-9761082-9-0. Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
  6. ^ "U.S. Census Bureau: Kyle CDP, South Dakota". www.census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
  7. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 45.