State Flower: American Pasqueflower
Capital: Pierre
State Nickname: "The Mount Rushmore State"
State Abbreviation: SD
Largest City: Sioux Falls
Number of Counties: 64
Top Landmarks: Mount Rushmore, Badlands National Park, Corn Palace
Neighbors: Wyoming, North Dakota, Nebraska, Montana, Minnesota & Iowa
Noteworthy Bodies of Water: Cheyenne River, Missouri River & Lake Oahe
Popular Foods: Buffalo, Fry Bread, Corn, Kuchen
Name of Residents: South Dakotans
State Motto: Under God the People Rule
South Dakota became the 40th U.S. state on November 2, 1889.
Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington are sculpted on Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.
Mitchell, South Dakota is home to the World's Only Corn Palace.