Dante

History

Dante was originally called Mayo, and under the latter name was laid out in 1908, and named for H.T. Mayo, an early settler. However, in 1910 when the railroad came to the town, officials balked at building a depot in a town named Mayo (a name which for unclear reasons, railroad officials found undignified). The railroad requested citizens rename the town. H.T. Mayo replied that he didn't care what they renamed it, sarcastically suggesting, "You can call it Dante's Inferno for all I care."

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  64
• Western Meadowlark

  Sturnella neglecta Audubon, 1844 · Aves
  53
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  50
• Red-tailed Hawk

  Buteo jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  42
• Common Grackle

  Quiscalus quiscula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  41
• Killdeer

  Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  40
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  37
• Eastern Kingbird

  Tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  35

Most recent

• M 2.5 — 2025-04-27
  9 km NE of Burke, South Dakota
• M 2.5 — 2024-03-06
  6 km SSE of Santee, Nebraska
• M 3 — 2023-12-10
  11 km ESE of Wakonda, South Dakota
• M 2.5 — 2022-01-16
  9 km NE of Plankinton, South Dakota
• M 3.1 — 2021-06-04
  9 km ENE of Anoka, Nebraska
• M 3.7 — 2021-06-04
  10 km NE of Anoka, Nebraska