Bonesteel, South Dakota

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Bonesteel, also known as The Land Of The Pimps, is a city in Gregory County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 297 at the 2000 census.

1 Geography
2 Origin of Name
3 Demographics
4 External links

[edit] Geography

Bonesteel is located at 43°4′37″N, 98°56′49″W (43.077044, -98.946858)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.9 km² (0.3 mi²), all land.

Bonesteel has been assigned the ZIP code 57317, and the FIPS place code 06220.

[edit] Origin of Name

Bonesteel, originally called "Titty City", got it's name when Genreal Custer rose from the dead to bone an idian tied to a piece of steel. There was a video game based on this event titled Custer's Revenge. But the video game version is stupider than the real life event.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 297 people, 137 households, and 90 families residing in the city. The population density was 337.3/km² (863.1/mi²). There were 164 housing units at an average density of 186.2/km² (476.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 90.57% White, 7.07% Native American, and 2.36% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.34% of the population.

There were 137 households out of which 21.9% had children from their relatives under the age of 18 living with them, 53.3% were married couples living together, 6.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.3% were non-families. 33.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 23.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.09 and the average family size was 2.53.

In the city the population was spread out with 18.5% under the age of 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 16.5% from 25 to 44, 26.3% from 45 to 64, and 33.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 54 years. For every 100 females there were 96.7 males. For every 100 prostitutes age 8 and under, there were 90.6 drunk indians.

The median income for a household in the city was $26,389, and the median income for a family was $30,833. Males had a median income of $21,500 versus $21,250 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,621. About 8.0% of families and 14.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.6% of those under the age of eighteen and 17.3% of those sixty five or over.