Lodgepole, South Dakota
Coordinates: 45°48′17″N 102°39′39″W / 45.80472°N 102.66083°W / 45.80472; -102.66083
CountryUnited States
StateSouth Dakota
CountyPerkins
Area
  Total36.1 sq mi (93.4 km2)
  Land36.0 sq mi (93.3 km2)
  Water0.0 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation2,792 ft (851 m)
Population
 (2000)
  Total42
  Density1.2/sq mi (0.5/km2)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
57640
Area code605
FIPS code46-38100[2]
GNIS feature ID1256189[1]

Lodgepole is an unincorporated community in Perkins County, South Dakota, United States.

The community took its name from Lodgepole Creek.[3] It is surrounded on three sides by the Grand River National Grassland, although the tracts are not contiguous.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lodgepole, South Dakota
  2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 48.
  4. Map of the Grand River National Grassland


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