Yankton, South Dakota

==Geography==
[[File:Yankton View.jpg|left|thumb|Yankton, as viewed from the [[Meridian Highway Bridge|Meridian Bridge]] of the [[Discovery Bridge (Yankton)|Discovery Bridge]] crossing the [[Missouri River]] and the steeple of the Bishop Martin Marty Chapel in the background]]

Yankton is located in southern South Dakota on the state's border with [[Nebraska]]. The city is located on one of the last free-flowing, natural stretches of the [[Missouri River]]; this segment of the river, between [[Gavins Point Dam]] four miles west of Yankton, and Ponca State Park in Nebraska, has been designated by the U.S. [[National Park Service]] as the [[Missouri National Recreational River]].

The city is located approximately six miles west of the point where the [[James River (Dakotas)|James River]] flows into the Missouri.

The central business district of the city is located on a natural landing along the Missouri River, and city rises in the west to "Mount Marty" (actually a high bluff along the river).  The city is also intersected by the Marne Creek, which also flows into the Missouri River. [[Lewis and Clark Lake]] is located four miles west of the city.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|8.45|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|8.21|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.24|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=June 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220065340/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=February 20, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>