One Road TownshipSD
A town of 63.
Is One Road Township a good place to live?
60% of the land in One Road Township is conserved, against 3.3% in South Dakota’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Knapp Ranch is on the National Register of Historic Places. One Road Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
63 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to One Road Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in One Road Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in One Road Township.
Conservation land takes up nearly a third of One Road Township
1.7 miles of trail. Among 33 South Dakota towns, just one has a lower concentration of trails than One Road Township.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
One Road Township stands out in South Dakota and nationally: a typical July afternoon there is cooler
Summers in One Road Township are pleasant, and winters cold, snowy. July afternoons reach 79°, January nights drop to 4° and about 36 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Compared with most of South Dakota and the rest of the country, more of One Road Township’s adults report frequent physical distress
No town among the 36 in South Dakota we compare has a higher share of adults who say their health is fair or poor than One Road Township. A quarter of adults smoke cigarettes in the town, above both South Dakota’s towns (14%) and U.S. towns (14%). Only one of the 36 South Dakota towns we compare has a higher share of adults 18 to 64 who have no health insurance than One Road Township. Among adults locally, 35% get no exercise outside work.
| One Road Township | South Dakota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 14% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 10% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 12% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 16% | 19% |
| What stands out | One Road Township | SD |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 21.9% | 12.7% |
| More smokers | 24.7% | 15.2% |
| More adults in fair or poor health | 27.4% | 17.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
One Road Township faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by cold waves
Of the losses FEMA expects in One Road Township, 37% come from cold waves and 28% from inland flooding. FEMA expects more storm and flood damage in the town than in just over half of U.S. communities. Households here have drawn federal disaster aid in 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2011.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about One Road Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of One Road Township
About 0 of every 100 One Road Township residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across South Dakota.
Questions about One Road Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is One Road Township, SD a good place to live?
One Road Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.