With 27 residents, Long Lake is one of the smaller municipalities in McPherson County. For web design in Long Lake, the aim is plain: be found, be understood, be contacted. The plan is simple: $89 a month for the website, domain, business email and hosting, no setup fee, and the first payment only after you approve the finished site.
No setup fee: you only pay the $89 monthly fee, after you approve your website.
What Long Lake customers look for before they call
McPherson County had 2,347 residents in 2025 and 5 incorporated municipalities. Census estimates for a town this size carry a wide margin of error, so the county is the better guide: broadband reaches 80.0% of homes, and 10.8% of households are online only through a phone plan. Homeowners are 81.3% of households.
Businesses in and around Long Lake
County-wide, McPherson County counts 73 businesses with employees and 193 self-employed or nonemployer businesses (2023). By number of employer establishments, other services (repair, personal care, organizations) leads in McPherson County (16.4%), followed by retail trade (15.1%) and construction (13.7%).
The Long Lake climate, from a business owner’s view
The nearest NOAA station with 1991-2020 climate normals, Aberdeen, is 11 miles from Long Lake. It records an average high of 81°F in July and an average low of 4°F in January. About 20 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a normal year, most of it in June. Freezing nights (32°F or below) come about 179 times a year. Cold winters mean furnace repair, snow removal, roofing and auto service, and the first freeze sends everyone searching at once. Plan the website around your busy season: send the changes by email a few weeks ahead.
Sizing up the Long Lake market
Getting to and around Long Lake
Nearby incorporated places: Ashley, ND (15 miles), Leola (16 miles), Venturia, ND (19 miles) and Eureka (21 miles). With 97 residents per square mile on 0.3 square miles of land, Long Lake is spread out by South Dakota standards. The nearest large city is Bismarck, ND, 100 miles to the northwest. 7 municipalities lie within 25 miles, each with its own customers. The county seat, Leola, is 16 miles southeast. For flights, Ashley Municipal Airport (ASY) lies 14 miles away. Naming Venturia, Eureka and the other places you cover on a service area page tells customers outside Long Lake that you work there too.
South Dakota and federal rules for small business websites
Before your website goes live, it helps to have the basics of the business in order.
- South Dakota’s state sales and use tax rate is 4.2%, and municipalities add their own sales tax on top of it. South Dakota Department of Revenue
- Fake or bought reviews are illegal under a federal rule in force since 2024 (16 CFR Part 465): post only real ones. 16 CFR Part 465
This is general information, not legal advice. Your county, your town hall or an attorney can confirm what applies to you.
How Aria builds a Long Lake website
Aria is a web design company from Curitiba, Brazil, working since 2008. There is no Aria office in Long Lake, and you don’t need one: sign-up, material and approval all happen online.
- You sign up in about 5 minutes and email us your logo, photos and anything you want on the site.
- Review the website on a temporary link, ready within 5 business days, and request any changes by email.
- Ask for adjustments by email, approve, and after the first monthly fee the site goes live on your domain.
Hosting, the SSL certificate, daily backups and security updates are on us, and content changes you send by email are included.
- Business website or online store, same price
- Your domain, registered and renewed by us (or the one you already have)
- Business email on your domain: 5 GB, webmail and spam filtering
- Hosting, SSL certificate and daily backups
- Changes to text, photos and prices, requested by email
- Ready within 5 business days on a temporary link
Long Lake web design FAQ
Can I show customers in Forbes that I cover their area?
Yes. Tell us by email which towns you cover, Forbes and Ashley included, and they go on the website’s service area page.
Is a website worth it for a business in a town of 27 people?
Customers do not stop at the town limits: McPherson County counts 73 businesses with employees and 193 without (2023). A website lets the whole county see what you do.
My customers come from all over McPherson County. Can the website say that?
Yes. The plan is the same anywhere in South Dakota, and the website can name every town in McPherson County you cover.
I already have a domain. Can I keep it?
The domain is part of the plan; if you already have one, we use yours.
Is there a setup fee?
No. No setup fee: you only pay the $89 monthly fee, after you approve your website. There is no lock-in contract either: you can end the service whenever you need.
A small business website for Long Lake, for $89 a month
No setup fee, no lock-in contract: you see the finished website first and pay the first month only if you approve it.
- Population figures for Long Lake: Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimates. Households, income, commuting and housing: American Community Survey 2020-2024, 5-year, county figures where the town estimate is too uncertain. Businesses: ZIP Code and County Business Patterns 2023 and Nonemployer Statistics 2023. Distances: 2025 Gazetteer, straight line.
- Climate: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020 (station USW00054933).
- Founding year, nickname, elevation, waters, colleges, hospitals, airports and parks: Wikidata (item Q2030816), retrieved on October 30, 2026; distances are straight-line.
- State rules come from the official sources linked in that section (checked October 30, 2026); county seats from the USGS National Atlas.