Huron is a city in Beadle County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 12,592 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Beadle County. Huron was the home of now-defunct Huron University since 1897. Huron is also the home of the South Dakota State Fair. The Huron Plainsman, also referred to as the Plainsman, is the newspaper. The city was named after the Huron Indians. It is currently the ninth largest city in the state of South Dakota, but it used to be the fourth. Huron is home to the South Dakota State Fair, which is held 6 days before Labor Day Huron is home to a statue... known as "The World's Largest Ringnecked Pheasant. " Which has been refurbished in the Summer of 2011. Huron is serviced by the Huron Police Department. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.3 square miles , of which, 8.2 square miles of it is land and 0.1 square miles of it is water. Huron has been assigned the ZIP codes 57350 and 57399 and the FIPS place code 31060. As of the census of 2000, there were 11,893 people, 5,263 households, and 3,047 families residing in the city.
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| County: | Beadle County |
| State: | South Dakota |
| Population: | 11,281 |
| Area: | 8.3 sq. mi. |
| Time zone: | Central Time zone |
| Also known as: | Huron, South Dakota, Beadle County / Huron city |