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
Chancellor (education) university (but not its active management). The chancellor is assisted by a deputy chancellor (known as the pro-chancellor in some universities). The chancellor and deputy chancellor are frequently drawn from the senior ranks of business or the judiciary (it is one of the few jobs considered compatible with judicial service). Some universities have a visitor who is senior to the chancellor. University disputes can be appealed from the governing board to the visitor (as is still the case in the UK), but nowadays, such appeals are generally prohibited by legislation, and the position has only ceremonial functions (unlike the chancellor