Country United States Counties Hamlin, Brookings FIPS code 46-35480 Elevation 503 m Area code 605 | State South Dakota Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6) GNIS feature ID 1257162 Population 493 (2010) | |
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Area 46.1 km² (13.47 km² Land / 32.37 km² Water) | ||
Lake Poinsett is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hamlin and Brookings counties in South Dakota, United States. The population was 493 at the 2010 census.
Geography
The Lake Poinsett CDP comprises the lake of the same name and its shoreside communities in Hamlin and Brookings counties. U.S. Route 81 passes through the CDP along the western shore of the lake and leads north 24 miles (39 km) to Watertown and south 13 miles (21 km) to Arlington.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Lake Poinsett CDP has a total area of 17.8 square miles (46.0 km2), of which 5.2 square miles (13.5 km2) is land and 12.5 square miles (32.5 km2), or 70.67%, is water.
References
Lake Poinsett (CDP), South Dakota Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA