Renner, South Dakota

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Renner is an unincorporated community in Minnehaha County in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Renner has been assigned the ZIP code of 57055. The demographics of Renner are not listed separately by the United States Census Bureau, but are included within those of Mapleton Township. The 2000 Census reported a total population of 2,128 for all of Mapleton Township.^[1]

Renner has a population of about 60 and is just north of Sioux Falls on South Dakota Highway 115. It lies in the valley of the Big Sioux River on a line of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad.

Renner Lutheran Church, founded in 1858 as Nidaros Church by Norwegian immigrants, claims to be the oldest ELCA church in South Dakota.

After completing the first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean in May 1927, Charles Lindbergh made a stop in Renner on August 27, 1927. Contemporary estimates reported that between thirty and forty thousand people came to Renner to welcome him.

[edit] Trivia

• Ben Olafson from the children's show, The Puzzle Place was from Renner.

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[edit] External links

• History of Renner Lutheran Church
• Charles Lindbergh in Renner

• Renner, South Dakota is at coordinates 43°38′44″N 96°43′41″W / 43.64556, -96.72806 (Renner, South Dakota)Coordinates: 43°38′44″N 96°43′41″W / 43.64556, -96.72806 (Renner, South Dakota)

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