Saint Onge, South Dakota
Census-designated place in South Dakota, United States
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Saint Onge (pronounced "saynt AHNJ'"[4]) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 170.[5]
Saint Onge, South Dakota | |
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  St. Onge Location in South Dakota  St. Onge Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 44°32′45″N 103°43′11″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | South Dakota |
| County | Lawrence |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.34 sq mi (3.48 km2) |
| • Land | 1.34 sq mi (3.48 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 3,432 ft (1,046 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 170 |
| • Density | 126.4/sq mi (48.82/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Mountain Standard Time(MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (MST) |
| 57779 | 57779 |
| FIPS code | 46-57260 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2628850[2] |
History
Geography
St. Onge is in northeastern Lawrence County, along South Dakota Highway 34, which leads northwest 12 miles (19 km) to Belle Fourche and southeast 7 miles (11 km) to Interstate 90 at Whitewood. Spearfish, the largest community in the county, is 12 miles (19 km) to the southwest.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the St. Onge CDP has an area of 1.4 square miles (3.5 km2), all land.[10] False Bottom Creek forms the western edge of the community, and its tributary Dry Creek forms the northeastern edge. False Bottom Creek flows northwest to the Redwater River, which in turn is a tributary of the Belle Fourche River, flowing east to the Missouri.
Demographics
Education
It is in the Spearfish School District 40-2.[12]
