Town file
Yankton, South Dakota
Yankton, South Dakota (Yankton County, South Dakota) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 551, "The Hammer Hands Killer" (5 December 2024). Tamara LaFramboise was born on 7 December 1972 in Mobridge, South Dakota, the only child of Mary.
- Town
- Yankton
- County
- Yankton County
- State
- South Dakota
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 551
- Approximate location
- 42.890, -97.393
Episode 551 / 5 December 2024 / 160 min / full
The Hammer Hands Killer
"Going on up to South Dakota today, going to Yankton, in extreme southeastern South Dakota, in Yankton County." about 0:05:26
The case: Murder of Tamara LaFramboise (March 1, 2019). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2024
- Population
- 15,332
- Median age
- 40
- Median home value
- $238,800
- Two-bedroom rent
- $830
- Cost of living
- 82.7
- Religious
- 68.2%
- Property crime
- ▲ a little bit above average
- Violent crime
- right at the national average
History, in brief
- In 1861 the territorial government was established and Yankton was designated the first capital of Dakota Territory. about 0:07:34
- It was the capital until Dakota became an actual state. about 0:07:41
- The weekly Dakotan, its first newspaper, was published there. about 0:07:55
- The steamboat trade flourished there until 1873, when the railroad line connected and made steamboats inefficient. about 0:07:55
- It is called the Mother City of the Dakotas because of its early role in the creation and development of the territory. about 0:06:15
- Early industry was cement manufacturing from Fort Hayes limestone, and cement was shipped to the construction of the Panama Canal. about 0:06:44
- It carried the nickname Cement City. about 0:07:22
- The National Field Archery Association moved its headquarters from Redlands, California to Yankton. about 0:08:09
The reviews read out
5 stars
"Fantastic; there isn't much to do in winter, but you can always look forward to having the river nearly in your back door."about 0:08:43
4 stars
"I have no social life but still feel content here; calm, easy-going, helpful people, hard to get lost, good roads and a steady pace of growth."about 0:09:07
2 stars
"There isn't much around here; around 17,000 people, a Walmart, a Kmart and a Walgreens and that's about it, more fast food than sit-down restaurants. Posted in 2018."about 0:11:52
1 star
"Yankton has a serious drug problem and is nicknamed Cranktown; wages stink, turnover over 35%, Kmart and JCPenney closed and gas costs a dime more."about 0:12:32
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Verdigre, Nebraska38 miles
- Tea, South Dakota48 miles
- Canistota, South Dakota49 miles
- Emerson, Nebraska54 miles
- Lyons, Nebraska81 miles
- Early, Iowa118 miles
Everything here is as told in the episode, on the date it went out; figures and places may have changed since. Endings are covered: open an episode and use the spoiler switch to read them.