- Accountant
- Apartment rental agency
- Asian restaurants
- Attorney
- Auto body shop
- Auto parts store
- Auto repair shop
- Bar
- Barber shop
- Beauty salon
- Book store
- Boutique
- Car dealer
- Chiropractor
- Cleaning service
- Clothing store
- Coffee shop
- Counselor
- Dance school
- Day care center
- Dental clinic
- Dentist
- Department store
- Doctor
- Electrician
- Elementary school
- Emergency care physician
- Event venue
- Family practice physician
- Fast food restaurants
- Gym
- Hair salon
- Hotel
- HVAC contractor
- Jeweler
- Laundromat
- Law firm
- Massage spa
- Massage therapist
- Medical clinic
- Medical laboratory
- Medical supply store
- Mental health service
- Mexican restaurants
- Museum
- Nail salon
- Obstetrician-gynecologist
- Orthopedic clinic
- Orthopedic surgeon
- Painter
- Park
- Performing arts theater
- Photographer
- Physical therapy clinic
- Pizza restaurants
- Plumber
- Preschool
- Property management company
- Psychologist
- Radiologist
- Real estate agency
- Restaurant
- Sandwich shop
- Spa
- Tattoo shop
- Tax preparation service
- Tire shop
- Tourist attraction
- Truck repair shop
- Urologist
- Veterinary care
- Wellness center
- Yoga studio
Brookings is a city in Brookings County, South Dakota, United States. Brookings is South Dakota’s fourth most populous city, with a population of 23377 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Brookings County, and home to South Dakota State University, the state’s largest institution of higher education. Also in Brookings are the South Dakota Art Museum, the Children’s Museum of South Dakota, the annual Brookings Summer Arts Festival, and the headquarters of several manufacturing companies and agricultural operations.
The county and city were both named after one of South Dakota’s pioneer promoters, Wilmot Brookings. Brookings set out for the Dakota Territory in June 1857. He arrived at Sioux Falls on August 27, 1857, and became one of the first settlers there. He and his group represented the Western Town Company. After a time in Sioux Falls, Brookings and a companion set out for the Yankton area to locate a town in an area that was soon to be ceded by the Native Americans.