| Dakota Dunes | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | USA South Dakota#USA |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of South Dakota |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | South Dakota |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Union |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 7.40 |
| Area Land Km2: | 6.39 |
| Area Water Km2: | 1.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.86 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.47 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.39 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 4020 |
| Population Density Km2: | 628.69 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1628.19 |
| Timezone: | Central |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1093 |
| Coordinates: | 42.4919°N -96.4872°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 57049 |
| Area Code: | 605 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 46-15256 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2628843 |
Dakota Dunes is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP), master-planned residential and commercial development covering about 2000acres in Union County in the extreme southeast corner of the U.S. state of South Dakota. The population was 4,020 at the 2020 census.[2]
As of the census of 2020, there were 4,020 people.
As of the census of 2010, there were 2,540 people.
The development is sandwiched between the Big Sioux River and the Missouri River. The nearest incorporated municipality is North Sioux City, South Dakota, with which Dakota Dunes shares the zip code 57049. Dakota Dunes is about 5miles west of downtown Sioux City, Iowa.As of March 31, 2013, its population stood at 2,688.[3] Law enforcement is provided by the Union County Sheriff.[4]
Dakota Dunes has five main neighborhoods including the Country Club Estates, the Meadows, the Prairie, the Willows, and Upscale Apartment Living.
Dakota Dunes is owned and developed by Berkshire Hathaway Energy of Des Moines, Iowa, which unveiled plans for the community in 1988.[5] The development is home to Dakota Dunes Country Club, a golf course designed by Arnold Palmer's design company. Two Rivers Golf Club, which existed as the Sioux City Boat Club prior to the existence of Dakota Dunes, is also nearby. Dakota Dunes contains the studios of local television stations KPTH and KMEG, which were built between 1999 and 2000.[6] [7] [8]
In 2011 and 2019, historic flooding along the Big Sioux and Missouri Rivers threatened the town.[9] [10]