Lemmon, South Dakota

Lemmon population, 2020 to 2024

Lemmon lost 12 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +2.

Lemmon covers 1.10 square miles of land, for 1,037 people per square mile of land. The median South Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,459, so Lemmon is less dense than the typical town.

What county Lemmon is in

All of Lemmon's residents live in Perkins County, which had 2,832 residents in 2024. Lemmon holds 40.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lemmon

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lemmon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 57638. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Lemmon is

The Census internal point of Lemmon is at 45.938400, -102.159800. Pierre, the capital, is 140.0 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bowman, ND (1,416 people), 62.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 261.8 miles away.

Daylight in Lemmon

At 45.94° N, Lemmon gets about 15 h 45 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lemmon

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Eagle Butte, 79.2 miles away, with 1,270 people.