Sturgis is a city in Meade County, South Dakota, USA. The population was 6,442 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Meade CountyGR6. Sturgis is most famous for being the location of one of the largest annual motorcycle events in the world, usually held annually, on the first full week of August. Motorcycle enthusiasts from around the world flock to this usually sleepy town during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

The city of Sturgis was founded in August 1876 and is often referred to as the Key City of the Black Hills. It was named for Major Samuel D. Sturgis, commander at the nearby Fort Meade Cavalry Post, who's son, Lt. JG Sturgis, lost his life with General George A. Custer at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. During the great western expansion, Fort Meade, on the eastern edge of Sturgis, served as a United States Cavalry post to nearly every cavalry regiment in the US army. Soldiers trained at Fort Meade, served in the Spanish-American War, the Pancho Villa Incursion and World Wars I and II. The Star Spangled Banner became part of the evening military retreat ceremony at Fort Meade in 1892, long before it became our National Anthem.

While there is some evidence of fur traders, explorers & military expeditions, visiting the area that now makes up Meade County, it wasn't until the discovery of gold in the Black Hills that any large number of whites visited the area. The three famous historic highways to the Hills, in the Gold Rush Days, converged at a stage station near Bear Butte. These road came from Sidney, Nebraska; Fort Pierre, South Dakota; & Bismark, North Dakota.
Taken from www.sturgis-sd.org

County: Meade County
Sturgis Zip Codes: 57785

Sturgis Public Schools:
Elementary School: STURGIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND ALKALI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Middle School: WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL

High School: BROWN HIGH SCHOOL

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Sturgis Population: 9,274
Sturgis White Population: 8,846
Sturgis Black Population: 13
Sturgis Hispanic Population: 138
Sturgis Asian Population: 27
Sturgis Hawaiian Population: 0
Sturgis Indian Population: 209
Sturgis Other Population: 31
Sturgis Male Population: 4,560
Sturgis Female Population: 4,714

Sturgis Average House Value: $78,700.00
Sturgis Average Household Income: $34,867.00
Sturgis Average Persons Per Household: 2.39

Sturgis Median Age: 40.80
Sturgis Median Age Male: 40.00
Sturgis Median Age Female: 41.50

Sturgis Business Establishments: 305
Sturgis Employees: 2,806
Sturgis Total Annual Payroll: $54,662,000.00