Personal loans in Morristown, SD
Morristown is home to roughly 45 people and stands 276th by size out of 309 Census places in South Dakota. The 2020 count to the 2023 estimate shows about 2.2% decline in Morristown. A personal loan in Morristown is priced from your credit file and income, not from the fact that the city holds 45 people. State law, not city hall, decides what a lender may do to Morristown's roughly 45 residents, and a state regulator supervises it. Verify the lender's South Dakota licence against the regulator named below before borrowing in Morristown. The closest larger city is McIntosh, SD about 18 miles away.
Morristown: population, trend and location
Read the local figures below as context; read the sourced South Dakota table as the rulebook a lender here must follow.
- Population: about 45 people live here, which puts Morristown 276th of 309 Census places in South Dakota (Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: A drop of about 2.2% from 2020 to 2023.
- Change in people: the 2020-to-2023 comparison is a loss of about 1 residents.
- Size percentile: about 11% of South Dakota's Census places are smaller than Morristown.
- Density: roughly 128 residents per square mile, spread over 0.4 sq mi of land.
- Land area: Morristown covers 0.4 square miles, the 217th-largest area among South Dakota's 309 places.
- Within South Dakota: about 0.0% of the state's population lives in Morristown.
- Nationally: Morristown is the 19,042nd-largest of 19,457 Census places in the dataset.
- Growth in South Dakota: Morristown stands 247th by percentage change from 2020 to 2023, among 309 places.
- Versus South Dakota: the state average change is +0.9%, while Morristown moved 2.2%.
- Density in South Dakota: Morristown ranks 270th by people per square mile.
- Density vs South Dakota: Morristown's 128 people per square mile compare with a state median of 581.
- Location: the Census Gazetteer records it at 45.9386, -101.7188.
- Nearest larger cities: McIntosh (18 mi); Lemmon (21 mi); New Leipzig (32 mi); Elgin (33 mi); Carson (34 mi). For most borrowers the comparison happens online, not at a branch.
- Nearest smaller towns: Leith (30 mi); Haynes (36 mi); Bucyrus (52 mi).
- Smaller neighbours: 2 places smaller than Morristown sit within 50 miles.
- Within 100 miles: 60 places are larger than Morristown.
How a Morristown personal loan is priced
With roughly 45 residents, Morristown is a small community; its personal loans are typically unsecured, priced from your credit rather than the city's size. Because pricing is borrower-level, two people in Morristown can be quoted different APRs on the same amount and term. The term you choose in Morristown decides the split between a comfortable payment and the total interest you pay.
South Dakota consumer-lending rules applied in Morristown
For the roughly 45 residents of Morristown, the rules below are South Dakota's own; each row carries its publisher and retrieval date.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | South Dakota Division of Banking (Department of Labor and Regulation) Source says: "The Division of Banking is charged with the regulation and supervision of state chartered and licensed financial institutions." | South Dakota Division of Banking (Department of Labor and Regulation) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | No general maximum/usury restriction when the rate is set by written agreement; specific caps elsewhere in the code apply (e.g., 36% for licensed money lenders). Source says: "no maximum interest rate or charge, or usury rate restriction... if they establish the interest rate or charge by written agreement" (SDCL 54-3-1.1). | South Dakota Legislature (South Dakota Codified Laws) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Payday lending status | Legal for licensed money lenders (including payday and title lenders) but capped at 36% APR including all fees and charges; violations are a Class 1 misdemeanor and loans are void. Source says: "no licensee may contract for or receive finance charges pursuant to a loan in excess of an annual rate of thirty-six percent" (SDCL 54-4-44); "A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor. Any loan made in violation of this section is void and uncollectible" (54-4-44). | South Dakota Legislature (South Dakota Codified Laws) as of 2026-09-16 |
A practical checklist for Morristown borrowers
These steps shape the offer you get in Morristown, a place of about 45 people:
- Pull your credit reports first and correct any error before a lender sees the file.
- Test your amount and term in the personal loan calculator first.
- Pre-qualify with three or more lenders, then compare the APR rather than the interest rate.
- Check the South Dakota regulator's records to confirm the lender is licensed here.
- Look for an origination fee or prepayment penalty in the written disclosure.
- Test the payment against your current bills before you commit.
- Pick the shortest term whose payment you can comfortably afford.
What differs between Morristown and the rest of South Dakota is not the process but the borrower's own file, among the 45 people here.
Where Morristown sits
Morristown's land area is roughly 0.4 square miles, and the Gazetteer records no significant water area within it. That land carries about 128 people per square mile. The largest place in South Dakota, Sioux Falls, lies about 295 miles away. Counting outward 50 miles, 13 larger communities surround Morristown. The 100-mile radius contains 60 larger places.
Borrowing reach in Morristown
With about 128 residents per square mile, Morristown is lightly settled, and 13 larger Census places sit within 50 miles. What is available to Morristown's 45 borrowers is set by South Dakota licensing and your own credit, not by how many branches are nearby. For a larger market, the closest option is McIntosh, SD about 18 miles away.
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Nearby places
- McIntosh, SD — population 110
- Leith, ND — population 26
- Lemmon, SD — population 1,156
- Elgin, ND — population 519
- New Leipzig, ND — population 207
- Carson, ND — population 240
- Isabel, SD — population 145
- Flasher, ND — population 215