Carthage, South Dakota

Carthage is a city in Miner County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 144 at the 2010 census.HistoryCarthage was platted in 1883. It was named after Carthage, New York.GeographyCarthage is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.49sqmi, of which, 1.46sqmi is land and 0.03sqmi is water.Carthage has been assigned the ZIP code 57323 and the FIPS place code 10220.Demographics2010 censusAs of the census of 2010, there were 144 people, 80 households, and 37 families residing in the city. The population density was 98.6PD/sqmi. There were 136 housing units at an average density of 93.2/sqmi. The racial makeup of the city was 96.5% White, 0.7% Asian, and 2.8% from two or more races.There were 80 households of which 15.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.3% were married couples living together, 8.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 1.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 53.8% were non-families. 46.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 21.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.80 and the average family size was 2.46.