Hayti, South Dakota

Hayti, South Dakota
Hayti, South Dakota
Town
	The Hamlin County Courthouse in Hayti in 1974
	Location in Hamlin County and the state of South Dakota
	Coordinates: 44°39′30″N 97°12′17″W / 44.65833°N 97.20472°W
Country	United States
State	South Dakota
County	Hamlin
Incorporated	1914
Area
• Total	0.40 sq mi (1.02 km2)
• Land	0.40 sq mi (1.02 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	1,696 ft (517 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	393
• Density	994.94/sq mi (383.79/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	57241
Area code	605
FIPS code	46-27820
GNIS feature ID	1267414

Hayti (pronounced "HAY-tie"^[6]) is a town in and county seat of Hamlin County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 393 at the 2020 census.^[7] It is part of the Watertown, South Dakota Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is the county seat of Hamlin County.^[8]

According to tradition, the name is derived from the practice of tying bundles of hay to be burned on the prairie, hence the name Hay-tie.^[9]

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^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hayti, South Dakota
^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Broadcast Pronunciation Guide and South Dakota Pronunciations". Associated Press. Archived from the original on June 14, 2011. Retrieved November 10, 2009.
^ "U.S. Census Bureau: Hayti town, South Dakota". www.census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 40.