exists and is an alternate of . Polaris is approximately 430 light years from the Sun. Owing to its fortuitous position aligned with the north pole of the Earth, Polaris is commonly used for navigation; a sextant reading of Polaris can, with a very minor correction, be read as the latitude of a ship.
Sturgis, South Dakota. Sturgis is a city in Meade County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 6,627 as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Meade County and is named after Union General Samuel D. Sturgis.
According to our research of South Dakota and other state lists there were 20 registered sex offenders living in Sturgis, South Dakota as of April 15, 2017. The ratio of number of residents in Sturgis to the number of sex offenders is 332 to 1.