Huron, South Dakota
Huron is a city in Beadle County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 12,592 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Beadle County. Huron was the home of now-defunct Huron University (known in its later years as Si Tanka University). Huron is also the home of the South Dakota State Fair. The Huron Plainsman, also referred to as the Plainsman, is the newspaper. The first settlement at Huron was made in 1880. The city was named after the Huron Indians. It is currently the ninth largest city in South Dakota, but it once was the fourth.
Huron is home to the South Dakota State Fair, which is held six days before Labor Day
Huron is home to a statue known as "The World's Largest Ringnecked Pheasant", which was refurbished in the summer of 2011.
Huron hard rail service and is serviced by Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad
Geography and climate
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 10.57 square miles (27.38 km2), of which, 9.48 square miles (24.55 km2) is land and 1.09 square miles (2.82 km2) is water.
