Pierre, South Dakota: Difference between revisions

'''Pierre''' ({{IPAc-en|p|ɪər}} {{respell|PEER}}) is the [[List of capitals in the United States|capital city]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[South Dakota]] and the [[Countycounty seat|seat]] of [[Hughes County, South Dakota|Hughes County]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|archive-date=May 31, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> The population was 14,091 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]], making it the 2nd least populous US state capital after [[Montpelier, Vermont|Montpelier]], [[Vermont]]. It is [[List of cities in South Dakota|South Dakota's 9th most populous city]]. Founded in 1880 on the [[Missouri River]] near the center of South Dakota, it was selected as the state capital when the territory was admitted as a state. Pierre is the principal city of the [[Pierre micropolitan area|Pierre Micropolitan Statistical Area]], which includes all of Hughes and [[Stanley County, South Dakota|Stanley]] counties.

The [[Pierre School District]], the school district covering the city,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st46_sd/schooldistrict_maps/c46065_hughes/DC20SD_C46065.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Hughes County, SD|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-03-13}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st46_sd/schooldistrict_maps/c46065_hughes/DC20SD_C46065_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> oversees three elementary schools, a middle school and a high school, [[T. F. Riggs High School]]. St. Joseph, is a private Catholic elementary school. It is administered by the local parish and the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Sioux Falls|Diocese of Sioux Falls]]. Other schools include For His Glory and the [[Pierre Indian Learning Center]] (a tribal school affiliated with the [[Bureau of Indian Education]]).