Gayville, South Dakota
Location in Yankton County and the state of South Dakota
Coordinates: 42°53′21″N 97°10′23″W / 42.88917, -97.17306
Country	United States
State	South Dakota
County	Yankton
Area
- Total	0.2 sq mi (0.5 km²)
- Land	0.2 sq mi (0.5 km²)
- Water	0 sq mi (0 km²)
Elevation	1,161 ft (354 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	418
- Density	2,090/sq mi (836/km²)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code	57031
Area code(s)	605
FIPS code	46-23900[1]
GNIS feature ID	1255217[2]

Gayville is a town in Yankton County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 418 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Gayville is located at 42°53′21″N, 97°10′23″W (42.889201, -97.173011)^[3].

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.5 km²), all of it land.

Gayville has been assigned the ZIP code 57031 and the FIPS place code 23900.

Gayville is the self-proclaimed "Hay Capital of the World". Gayville is also constantly in competition with Meckling, the self proclaimed "Hay Capital of the Universe"

Demographics

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 418 people, 169 households, and 111 families residing in the town. The population density was 2,181.3 people per square mile (849.4/km²). There were 182 housing units at an average density of 949.7/sq mi (369.8/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 95.45% White, 2.63% Native American, 0.24% Asian, 0.48% from other races, and 1.20% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.48% of the population.

There were 169 households out of which 33.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.2% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.3% were non-families. 30.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.11.

In the town the population was spread out with 29.2% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 90.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.3 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $35,000, and the median income for a family was $45,682. Males had a median income of $27,344 versus $19,167 for females. The per capita income for the town was $13,535. About 6.7% of families and 9.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.6% of those under age 18 and 10.5% of those age 65 or over.

Homosexual Population

The presence of a gay community in Gayville has not been reliably established to date. As with any geographical population, it is suspected that there is at least some such element present. However, many commentators suggest otherwise and point to the small size of Gayville combined with the general anti-gay sentiment likely to be found throughout South Dakota. These commentators suggest further that if there were homosexuals present, they would likely have already left because, well, it's South Dakota.

References

External links

• Gayville-Volin school website

• Gayville, South Dakota is at coordinates 42°53′21″N 97°10′23″W / 42.889201, -97.173011 (Gayville, South Dakota)Coordinates: 42°53′21″N 97°10′23″W / 42.889201, -97.173011 (Gayville, South Dakota)

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County seat: Yankton
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