Chancellor, South Dakota Chancellor, South Dakota Chancellor is a town in Turner County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 264 at the 2010 census. The community was named for Otto von Bismarck, a 19th-century German chancellor. Chancellor is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land. Chancellor has been assigned ZIP code 57015 and FIPS place code 11380. As of the census of 2010, there were 264 people, 118 households, and 75 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 131 housing units at
Iron Curtain defections in 1970 caused the Soviets to open very limited ethnic emigrations. The fall of the Iron Curtain was accompanied by a massive rise in European East-West migration. The Iron Curtain took physical shape in the form of border defenses between the countries of western and eastern Europe. There were some of the most heavily militarised areas in the world, particularly the so-called "inner German border" – commonly known as "die Grenze" in German – between East and West Germany. The inner German border was marked in rural areas by double fences made of steel mesh (expanded metal) with sharp