Siouxland [SEP] named after
Siouxland
Siouxland is a vernacular region that encompasses the entire Big Sioux River drainage basin in the U.S. states of South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska and Iowa. The demonym for a resident of Siouxland is Siouxlander.
A "vernacular region" is a distinctive area where the inhabitants collectively consider themselves interconnected by a shared history, mutual interests, and a common identity. Such regions are "intellectual inventions" and a form of shorthand to identify things, people, and places. Vernacular regions reflect a "sense of place,
objection to using the name. What was perhaps the first business application of "Siouxland" was still in use after four decades (in 1991), in Siouxland Insurance Agency, a successor company.
A sampling of telephone directories (completed in 1991) showed two businesses using "Siouxland" in 1950 and nine in 1953, two of which were spelled "Sioux Land". By contrast, in the 1990 Sioux City telephone directory there were sixty-five listings under "Siouxland", including spelling variants ("Sioux