Pine Ridge, South Dakota

Pine Ridge (Lakota: wazíbló) is a census-designated place (CDP) and the most populous community in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 3,308 at the 2010 census. It is the tribal headquarters of the Oglala Sioux Tribe on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

History

The community was named for the pine trees on the ridge surrounding the town site. An early variant name was Pine Ridge Agency.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.2 square miles (8.2 km²), of which, 3.1 square miles (7.9 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km²) of it (2.54%) is water.

Pine Ridge has been assigned the ZIP code 57770.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 3,171 people, 688 households, and 593 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,035.4 people per square mile (400.1/km²). There were 742 housing units at an average density of 242.3 per square mile (93.6/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.20% Native American, 3.72% White, 0.09% African American, 0.03% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 0.50% from other races, and 1.36% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.80% of the population.

Pine Ridge

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Pine Ridge (SEPTA Route 101 station)

Pine Ridge is a stop along the SEPTA Media (Route 101) trolley line. It is officially located at Pine Ridge Drive & Beechwood Road in Springfield, Pennsylvania, however the intersection with Beechwood Road lies north of the station.

Trolleys arriving at this station travel between 69th Street Terminal in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania and Orange Street in Media, Pennsylvania. The station has a shed with a roof where people can go inside when it is raining. It also has free parking and a power station next to the shed. East of this station, the Route 101 line narrows down from two tracks to one as it enters Smedley County Park and goes back to two tracks east of PA Route 420.

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Pine Ridge (region)

The Pine Ridge is an escarpment between the Niobrara River and the White River in far northwestern Nebraska (a small section extends into South Dakota). The high tableland between the rivers has been eroded into a region of forested buttes, ridges and canyons.

Ecology

The plant and animal life in the Pine Ridge is atypical for Nebraska; the ecology is very similar to the Black Hills, 50 miles (80 km) to the north. The dominant tree in the Pine Ridge is the ponderosa pine; deciduous trees (such as cottonwoods) are also present in canyon bottoms. Nebraska's largest herd of bighorn sheep live in the Pine Ridge; elk, mule deer, and wild turkeys are also common.

History

The Pine Ridge region was the setting of the closing chapters of the Indian Wars. The region was home to several bands of Lakota; several skirmishes between the Lakota and the U.S. Army took place in the 1860s and 1870s. Crazy Horse was killed at Fort Robinson in 1877. In 1879, Dull Knife led the Cheyenne Outbreak from Fort Robinson.