Oral, South Dakota

Oral (also Cheyenne Pit and Pimptown) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Fall River County, South Dakota, United States.[1] The population was 66 at the 2020 census.[2]

Oral, South Dakota
Unincorporated community
Rooftop in Oral
Oral
Location within the state of South Dakota
Oral
Oral (the United States)
Coordinates: 43°24′18″N 103°16′7″W
CountryUnited States
StateSouth Dakota
CountyFall River
Elevation
2,969 ft (905 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total66
Time zoneUTC-6 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
57766
GNIS feature ID1265313[1]

Oral has been assigned the ZIP Code of 57766.[3]

History

A post office called Oral has been in operation since 1894.[4] Some say Oral has the middle name of the first postmaster's son,[5] (John Oral Goodman, later of Riverton, WY) while others believe the community was so named with the expectation the place would become something people would be talking about.[6]

  • Sign in Oral

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Oral
  2. "U.S. Census Bureau: Oral CDP, South Dakota". www.census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  3. "Oral, SD ZIP Codes". SD HomeTownLocator. HTL, Inc. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
  4. "Fall River County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  5. Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 52.
  6. Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 110.


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