Brookings, South Dakota Brookings, South Dakota Main Street in downtown Brookings Main Street in downtown Brookings Location in Brookings County and the state of South Dakota Location in Brookings County and the state of South Dakota Brookings, South Dakota is positioned in the US Brookings, South Dakota - Brookings, South Dakota State South Dakota County Brookings Brookings is a town/city in Brookings County, South Dakota, United States.
Brookings is the fourth biggest city in South Dakota, with a populace of 22,056 at the 2010 census.
It is the governmental center of county of Brookings County, and home to South Dakota State University, the biggest institution of college studies in the state. Also found in Brookings are the South Dakota State Art Museum, the Children's Museum of South Dakota, the annual Brookings Summer Arts Festival, and the command posts of a number of manufacturing companies and agricultural operations. The county and town/city were both titled after one of South Dakota's pioneer promoters, Wilmot Brookings (1830 - 1905). Brookings set out for the Dakota Territory in June 1857.
After a time in Sioux Falls, Brookings and a companion set out for the Yankton region to locate a town in an region that was soon to be ceded by the Native Americans.
This trip was begun in January 1858, and the two soon encountered a blizzard that froze Brookings' feet which both had to be amputated.
Brookings County Courthouse Brookings then became appointed superintendent of a road that was to be assembled from the Minnesota state line west to the Missouri River about 30 miles north of Ft.
It was amid the assembly of this road that Brookings came into contact with territory that was part of this county at the time.
Because of his drive to settle the Dakota Territory, Brookings County and town/city were titled for a spirited pioneer promoter.
Brookings made settlement of this region a real possibility for many citizens .
The first real town that was organized in Brookings County was Medary in 1857.
Along with Sioux Falls and Flandreau, Medary was one of the first three European settlements to be established in South Dakota.
In 1869, a group of 10 Norwegian pioneers moved west into the Dakota Territory and resettled the region of Medary, which was positioned about four and one half miles south of present-day Brookings.
The county of Brookings was formally organized in Medary in the cabin of Martin Trygstad on July 3, 1871. The initial boundaries of the county extended to two miles south of Flandreau, until the territorial council relocated the boundaries of the county to the current locale on January 8, 1873.
Two other small settlements, Oakwood and Fountain, appeared in the Brookings County region around this time.
Many private meetings and much accomplishment on the part of the men of Medary and Fountain led to the barns deciding to lay its tracks through what would turn into the town/city of Brookings.
Simmons communicated the layout of the series of suburbs in Brookings County to be passed through by the barns .
These suburbs were to be Aurora, Brookings, and Volga.
Many merchants of Medary and Fountain packed up their businesses and belongings and moved to Brookings, which was surveyed and platted on October 3 and 4, 1879.
The barns crossed the Minnesota state line and into Brookings County on October 2, 1879.
With tracks being assembled at about one mile per day, the track and first train reached Brookings' Main Street on October 18, 1879.
Brookings was laid out in 1880. 1 South Dakota State University 3,359 6 Brookings Health System 433 8 Brookings School District 400 10 City of Brookings 222 The unemployment rate in Brookings is 3.2 percent, with a projected eight-year job expansion of 23.31 percent.
The universal added 250 new jobs in Brookings by the end of 2014. Brookings is positioned at 44 18 23 N 96 47 17 W (44.306253, 96.788105). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 13.04 square miles (33.77 km2), of which, 12.94 square miles (33.51 km2) is territory and 0.10 square miles (0.26 km2) is water. Brookings has been assigned ZIP codes 57006 and 57007 as well as the FIPS place code 07580.
Brookings experiences a humid continental climate (Koppen Dfb), which is characterized by warm, mostly humid summers and cold, dry winters, and is positioned in USDA Hardiness Zones 4. The monthly daily average temperature ranges from 12.9 F ( 10.6 C) in January to 70.3 F (21.3 C) in July, while there are nine days of 90 F (32 C)+ highs and 36 days with sub-0 F ( 18 C) lows annually.
Climate data for Brookings, South Dakota (1981 2010 normals) Brookings is home to only one amateur sports team.
The Alexandria Blizzard of the North American Hockey League relocated to Brookings and changed its name to the Brookings Blizzard and began play in the 2012 13 season in the Larson Ice Center. In addition to the Brookings Blizzard, the Larson Ice Center is also home to the Brookings Rangers hockey teams.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 17.4% under the age of 18, 36.6% from 18 to 24, 22.0% from 25 to 44, 14.0% from 45 to 64, and 9.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
As of 2010, 60.7% of the Brookings populace claim an affiliation with a theological congregation.
Most airways broadcasts from Sioux Falls and Watertown can also be heard in Brookings.
1430 AM KBRK KBRK 1430 AM Adult standards Three Eagles Communications Brookings 88.3 FM KESD South Dakota Public Broadcasting NPR SD Board of Directors for Educational Telecommunications Brookings Brookings WLOG-FM translator Edgewater Broadcasting, Inc Brookings Brookings WJFM-FM translator Jimmy Swaggart Ministries Brookings Brookings 90.7 FM KSDJ New Rock 90.7 Alternative/College South Dakota State University Brookings Brookings 93.7 FM KBRK-FM B93.7 Hot Adult Contemporary Three Eagles Communications Brookings Brookings 95.5 FM K238 - AX Minnesota Public Radio NPR Minnesota Public Radio Brookings Brookings WJRF-FM translator Refuge Media Group Brookings Brookings 102.3 FM KKQQ K-Country 102.3 Country Three Eagles Communications Brookings Volga 107.1 FM KDBX 107.1 The Hawk Classic Rock Three Eagles Communications Brookings Clear Lake Brookings is served by Interstate 29 (north-south) and U.S.
Brookings Regional Airport serves the City of Brookings.
The City of Brookings owns nearly all town/city services and utilities including: Brookings Area Multiplex civic and meeting hall (renamed Swiftel Center) The town/city has 34 places of worship, 19 ball fields, two enhance swimming pools, five movie screens, one daily journal (The Brookings Register), five commercial airways broadcasts and one enhance station.
On October 7, 2005, Brookings was featured on the reality-TV show Three Wishes.
The veterans memorial in Brookings.
South Dakota State University Brookings is the hometown of the chief character in Netflix's series Love, Gus Cruikshank.
Brookings is the hometown of Charles Percy in the ABC medical drama, Grey's Anatomy.
South Dakota State Historical Society.
"Doing Business in South Dakota (Public Universities)".
"Manufacturers - Brookings Area Chamber of Commerce,SD".
"Profile for Brookings, South Dakota".
"City of Brookings 2013 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report" (PDF).
"Station Name: SD BROOKINGS 2 NE".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
United States Enumeration Bureau.
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