New Effington

New Effington is a town in Roberts County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 256 at the 2010 census.New Effington was laid out in 1913, and named after the (now extinct) rival town of Effington.GeographyNew Effington is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.27sqmi, of which, 0.26sqmi of it is land and 0.01sqmi is water.New Effington has been assigned the ZIP code 57255 and the FIPS place code 44860.Demographics2010 censusAs of the census of 2010, there were 256 people, 107 households, and 65 families residing in the town. The population density was 984.6PD/sqmi. There were 121 housing units at an average density of 465.4/sqmi. The racial makeup of the town was 57.8% White, 0.4% African American, 36.3% Native American, 0.8% from other races, and 4.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.8% of the population.There were 107 households of which 29.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.1% were married couples living together, 14.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 39.3% were non-families. 35.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 3.08.