Stickney, South Dakota
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Stickney is a town in Aurora County
Aurora County, South Dakota
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, South Dakota
South Dakota
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, United States
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. The population was 284 at the 2010 census.

History

The town was named for J.B. Stickney, an official with the Milwaukee Railroad. The town was platted and incorporated
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 in 1905 and a post office was established November 17, 1905.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the town has a total area of 0.3 square miles (0.7 km²), all of it land.

Stickney has been assigned the ZIP code
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 57375.

Demographics

As of the census
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of 2000, there were 334 people, 156 households, and 92 families residing in the town. The population density
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 was 1,254.1 people per square mile (477.6/km²). There were 169 housing units at an average density of 634.6 per square mile (241.7/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 99.70% White, 0.30% from other races
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. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.30% of the population.

There were 156 households out of which 28.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.3% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 4.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.0% were non-families. 39.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 25.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.11 and the average family size was 2.85.

In the town the population was spread out with 24.3% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 19.8% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 28.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 86.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 75.7 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $28,906, and the median income for a family was $42,083. Males had a median income of $27,344 versus $25,208 for females. The per capita income
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 for the town was $15,936. About 5.6% of families and 9.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.7% of those under age 18 and 19.1% of those age 65 or over.

In popular culture

Stickney, South Dakota was the hometown of Tyler Meade in the hit U.S. comedy-drama
Comedy-drama
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 Ugly Betty
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