| Oral, South Dakota | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | South Dakota#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Oral |
| 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: | Fall River |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 4.35 |
| Area Land Km2: | 4.34 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.02 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 66 |
| Population Density Km2: | 15.22 |
| Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 2,969 |
| Coordinates: | 43.405°N -103.2686°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Postal Code: | 57766 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 46-47340 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1265313 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.68 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.67 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 39.43 |
Oral is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Fall River County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 66 at the 2020 census.[3]
Oral has been assigned the ZIP Code of 57766.[4]
A post office called Oral has been in operation since 1894.[5] Some say Oral is the middle name of the first postmaster's son,[6] (John Oral Goodman, later of Riverton, WY) while others believe the community was so named with the expectation the place would become something people would be talking about.[7]