Yankton, South Dakota
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South Dakota city and former Dakota Territory capital
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Yankton, South Dakota
- Cities of the United States
Yankton is a city and the county seat of Yankton County, South Dakota, United States. It became a city in 1889 and had a population of 15,411 at the 2020 census. The first capital of Dakota Territory, it was named for the Yankton tribe of Western Dakota people. Yankton lies on the Missouri River near Gavins Point Dam, Lewis and Clark Lake, and the James River confluence.
- County seat
- Yankton County, South Dakota
- City status
- Became a city in 1889
- 2020 population
- 15,411
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Yankton, South Dakota (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q989288
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By National Park Service. Public domain · File page on Wikimedia CommonsNational Park Service, https://www.nps.gov/media/photo/view.htm?id=F3CA6BF5-155D-4519-3E80B02C8EC4100FModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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