Volga (/ˈvɑːlɡə/ VAHL-guh)[6] is a city in Brookings County, South Dakota, United States with a population of 2,113 at the 2020 census.

[4] Volga was founded by the Western Town Lot Company on December 27, 1879, by Col. Arthur Jacoby, who had platted the area in September of that year.

[12] In November 1994, it was decided that a soybean processing plant – expected to create 67 jobs – would be built in Volga.

In September 1996, a $32.5 million soybean processing plant opened in Volga, the first such facility in South Dakota.

[13]: 273 [14] Described as "a major agricultural hub in the Brookings area", it is able to process 85,000 bushels daily.

[14][15] Prairie AquaTech, a fish feed company, built a facility to the south of the Volga plant in 2019.

[14] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.91 square miles (2.36 km2), all land.

Old Timers Day in Volga occurs in the second week of June every year and is capped off by an over-21-only street dance and many private parties.

[19][20] The Brookings County Museum, consisting of six buildings, is situated in Volga City Park.

[21][22] In 1965, Volga's City Council provided the Brookings County Historical Society land for a museum.

[13]: 194  The 1872 Sundet Log Cabin – previously ten miles south of Brookings – was also relocated there, in 1973.

[23][24] The museum complex also includes a 19th century one-room rural school, the Vintage Farm Equipment building, and the James Hauxhurst House.

Three communities are included in the Sioux Valley school system: Bruce, Sinai, and Volga.

[13]: 242  It changed its call sign to KJJQ in 1985, moving its studios into an old railroad depot in Brookings in 1990.