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Stephen and Maria Graf House
Stephen and Maria Graf House was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Oct 31, 2002. It is significant for its architecture at the local level. Its architecture is described as Prairie School.
About Sturgis
City in South Dakota, United StatesSturgis is a city in Meade County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 7,020 as of the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Meade County and is named after Samuel D. Sturgis, a Union general during the Civil War. Sturgis is notable as the location of one of the largest annual motorcycle events in the world: the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, which lasts for 10 days beginning on the first Friday of August. It attracts large numbers of motorcycle enthusiasts from around the world. Sturgis is also noted for hosting WCW's Hog Wild/Road Wild events from 1996 to 1999.
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Housing in Sturgis
The typical Sturgis home is worth about $377,000, up 2.2% in a year, 17% above the South Dakota typical home.
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Safety in Sturgis
Safety Grade C-
Sturgis reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 77% report less.
Work & commute in Sturgis
Full picture →About one in 3 of Sturgis’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Rapid City (20%), Spearfish (7%) and Deadwood (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.
Health in Sturgis
Health Grade B
Healthier than 60% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates, and 90% of towns with similar incomes.
Compared with South Dakota
of 26 measures CDC estimates. The other 20 are too close to call.
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Natural hazards in Sturgis
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 78% of U.S. communities.
Climate in Sturgis
Full climate →Sturgis has cold, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 85°, a January night drops to 14°, and about 48 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Schools in Sturgis
All Sturgis schools →School Grade B-
The public schools Sturgis’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 51% of South Dakota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within SD. Ratings are from neighbors.
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