Elkton (South Dakota)
Brookings County
46-18700
Elkton is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Brookings County in the U.S. state of South Dakota. In 2010, Elkton had 736 inhabitants.
Geography
Elkton is located in eastern South Dakota, directly on the border with Minnesota. The geographical coordinates are 44 ° 14'10 Elkton " north latitude and 96 ° 28'52 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 4.01 km ².
Towns nearby Elkton are Ward (11.1 km to the south ), Flandreau ( 29.9 km SSW ), Aurora (22 km west-northwest ), Bushnell (23 km north-west ), Lake Benton, Minnesota (18 km east) and Verdi in Minnesota ( 13.1 km east-southeast ).
The nearest major cities are Sioux Falls (106 km south), Fargo, North Dakota (333 km north) and Minnesota's largest city Minneapolis ( 321 km east-northeast ).
Traffic
The U.S. Highway 14 leads about two kilometers north past Elkton. In the northwest the city of Elkton from the South Dakota Highway 13 is limited. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and urban roads.
In northwest-southeast direction, a railroad line of the Canadian Pacific Railway runs through the urban area of Elkton.
With the Brookings Regional Airport is 35 km west-northwest of a small airfield. The nearest major airports are the Sioux Falls Regional Airport ( 96.3 km SSW ), the Hector International Airport in Fargo (336 km north) and the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport ( 316 km east-northeast ).
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Elkton 736 people in 286 households. The population density was 183.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 286 households lived statistically 2.53 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 85.2 percent white, 0.4 percent African Americans and 12.1 percent of other ethnic groups; 2.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 14.5 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
26.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.3 percent were between 18 and 64, and 14.1 percent were 65 years or older. 48.2 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 56,875. The per capita income was $ 20,458. 9.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.