Stephan is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hyde County, South Dakota, United States. Stephan has been assigned the ZIP code of 57346.[4] The population of the CDP was 68 at the 2020 census.[5]

Some say Stephan was named in honor of the martyred Saint Stephan,[6] while others believe the community has the name of Monsignor J. A. Stephan, a local missionary.[7]

The tribal K-12 school Crow Creek Tribal School, affiliated with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), is in the settlement.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
202068—
U.S. Decennial Census[8]

References

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stephan, South Dakota
  3. ^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  4. ^ "Stephan, SD ZIP Codes". SD HomeTownLocator. HTL, Inc. Retrieved September 12, 2008.
  5. ^ "U.S. Census Bureau: Stephan CDP, South Dakota". www.census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  6. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 61.
  7. ^ Hellmann, Paul T. (May 13, 2013). Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Routledge. p. 999. ISBN 978-1135948597. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
  8. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.