St. Francis, South Dakota

St. Francis, South Dakota
Sápauŋ thí
Town
St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in St. Francis
St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in St. Francis
Location in Todd County and the state of South Dakota
Location in Todd County and the state of South Dakota
Coordinates: 43°08′33″N 100°54′10″W / 43.14250°N 100.90278°W / 43.14250; -100.90278
CountryUnited States
StateSouth Dakota
CountyTodd
Area
[1]
 • Total
0.36 sq mi (0.94 km2)
 • Land0.36 sq mi (0.94 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[2]
3,002 ft (915 m)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Total
469
 • Density1,295.58/sq mi (500.08/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code605
FIPS code46-57140[4]
GNIS feature ID1267558[2]

St. Francis, also known as Sápauŋ thí [5](Lakota: Sápauŋ thí; "Catholic House") is a town in the Rosebud Indian Reservation in Todd County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 469 at the 2020 census.[6]

St. Francis is named after the St. Francis Indian School, which was named after Francis of Assisi and was operated by the Catholic Franciscan order.[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: St. Francis, 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.
  6. ^ "U.S. Census Bureau: St. Francis town, South Dakota". www.census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  7. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 60.