{"id":7573,"date":"2023-09-03T21:01:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T21:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=7573"},"modified":"2026-08-20T19:23:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:23:50","slug":"turner-county-south-dakota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/turner-county-south-dakota\/","title":{"rendered":"Turner County, South Dakota"},"content":{"rendered":"

Turner County is a county in South Dakota, United States, on the rolling farmland between the Sioux Falls and Yankton metro areas. It had a population of 8,673 at the 2020 census and covers 617 square miles (1,600 km2) of land centred near 43\u00b019\u2032N 97\u00b009\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Parker is the county seat, and its postal code is 57053. The county has 6 incorporated cities, 4 incorporated towns, and several unincorporated communities, spread across 18 civil townships. Turner County sits in the Central time zone and is part of the Sioux Falls, SD metropolitan statistical area.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Turner County<\/h2>\n

Turner County has 10 incorporated places and a handful of unincorporated communities and rural colonies. Cities and towns are self-governing under South Dakota law; CDPs and unincorporated places have no municipal government of their own and are listed here for the sake of completeness. Each place below sits inside one of the townships in the section that follows.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nTownship<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Parker<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\nParker<\/td>\n1,072<\/td>\n57053<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Viborg<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nHome<\/td>\n755<\/td>\n57070<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centerville<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nCenterville<\/td>\n867<\/td>\n57014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hurley<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nHurley<\/td>\n481<\/td>\n57036<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marion<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nMarion<\/td>\n720<\/td>\n57043<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Irene<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nTurner<\/td>\n367<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chancellor<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\nRosefield<\/td>\n371<\/td>\n57015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Davis<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\nMiddleton<\/td>\n159<\/td>\n57021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Monroe<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\nMonroe<\/td>\n90<\/td>\n57047<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dolton<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\nDolton<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spring Valley<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nSpring Valley<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Turkey Ridge<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nSwan Lake<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cameron Colony<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nDaneville<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Irene straddles the Turner–Clay county line, with most of its population on the Clay County side; the Turner County portion is small. Cameron Colony is a Hutterite colony rather than a platted town, and Spring Valley and Turkey Ridge are historic rural crossroads that never incorporated.<\/p>\n

Townships<\/h2>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Township<\/th>\nPop. (2020)<\/th>\nMain settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Parker<\/td>\n1,200<\/td>\nParker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centerville<\/td>\n950<\/td>\nCenterville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Home<\/td>\n870<\/td>\nViborg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marion<\/td>\n780<\/td>\nMarion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hurley<\/td>\n560<\/td>\nHurley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rosefield<\/td>\n430<\/td>\nChancellor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Turner<\/td>\n420<\/td>\nIrene (partial)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middleton<\/td>\n210<\/td>\nDavis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Monroe<\/td>\n150<\/td>\nMonroe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dolton<\/td>\n110<\/td>\nDolton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Daneville<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nCameron Colony<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spring Valley<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nSpring Valley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Swan Lake<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nTurkey Ridge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brothersfield<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nrural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Childstown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nrural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Germantown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nrural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Norway<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nrural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Salem<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nrural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Township-level 2020 figures for Turner County are not fully published by the Census Bureau by name; the county-seat and larger-town townships above are given as rounded estimates and the smaller, mostly rural townships are left blank rather than guessed.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n