Swift Bird, South Dakota

Census-designated place in South Dakota, United States

45°03′36″N 100°21′16″W / 45.06000°N 100.35444°W / 45.06000; -100.35444CountryUnited StatesStateSouth DakotaCounty DeweyArea

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• Total0.49 sq mi (1.27 km²) • Land0.49 sq mi (1.27 km²) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)Elevation

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1,834 ft (559 m)Population

(2020)^[3]

• Total117 • Density238.29/sq mi (92.09/km²)Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)ZIP Code

57442 (Gettysburg)

Area code605FIPS code46-62716GNIS feature ID2813016^[2]

Swift Bird (Lakota: Ziŋtkála Kiŋyáŋ^[4]) is a census-designated place (CDP) on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation in Dewey County, South Dakota, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.^[2] The population of the CDP was 117 at the 2020 census.^[5]

It is in the eastern part of the county, on the south side of U.S. Route 212, 4 miles (6 km) northwest of the highway's bridge over Lake Oahe on the Missouri River. It is 4 miles (6 km) south of Swift Bird Bay on Lake Oahe, fed from the west by Swift Bird Creek. The community is 23 miles (37 km) west of Gettysburg and 48 miles (77 km) east of Eagle Butte.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	117		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[6]

References

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Swift Bird, South Dakota
^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
^ Waggoner, Josephine, Emily Levine, and Lynne Allen. Essay. In Witness: A húnkpapȟa Historian's Strong-Heart Song of the Lakotas, Pg. 665. Lincoln & London: University of Nebraska Press, 2013.
^ "U.S. Census Bureau: Swift Bird CDP, South Dakota". www.census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.