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href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%8C_%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A6%DB%8C_%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7" title="بل فورشی، گونئی داکوتا – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="بل فورشی، گونئی داکوتا" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Fourche_(South_Dakota)" title="Belle Fourche (South Dakota) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Belle Fourche (South Dakota)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Fourche" title="Belle Fourche – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Belle Fourche" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Fourche,_De_Dakota" title="Belle Fourche, De Dakota – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Belle Fourche, De Dakota" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Fourche" title="Belle Fourche – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Belle Fourche" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Fourche" title="Belle Fourche – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Belle Fourche" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Fourche_(Dakota_del_Sur)" title="Belle Fourche (Dakota del Sur) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Belle Fourche (Dakota del Sur)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Fourche_(Hego_Dakota)" title="Belle Fourche (Hego Dakota) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Belle Fourche (Hego Dakota)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%8C_%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C" title="بل فورشی، داکوتای جنوبی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بل فورشی، داکوتای جنوبی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Fourche" title="Belle Fourche – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Belle Fourche" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%85%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B6,_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A3_%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE" title="बॅल फ़ोर्श, दक्षिण डकोटा – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="बॅल फ़ोर्श, दक्षिण डकोटा" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Fourche" title="Belle Fourche – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Belle Fourche" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Fourche,_Dakota_disid" title="Belle Fourche, Dakota disid – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Belle Fourche, Dakota disid" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Fourche_(South_Dakota)" title="Belle Fourche (South Dakota) – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Belle Fourche (South Dakota)" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Fourche_(D%C3%A9l-Dakota)" title="Belle Fourche (Dél-Dakota) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Belle Fourche (Dél-Dakota)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B4" title="بيل فورش – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="بيل فورش" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Fourche" title="Belle Fourche – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Belle Fourche" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%A4%D1%83%D1%88_(%D0%9A%D1%8A%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B0_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0)" title="Бель-Фуш (Къилба Дакота) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Бель-Фуш (Къилба Дакота)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Fourche" title="Belle Fourche – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Belle Fourche" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Fourche_(Janubiy_Dakota)" title="Belle Fourche (Janubiy Dakota) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Belle Fourche (Janubiy Dakota)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Fourche" title="Belle Fourche – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Belle Fourche" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Fourche" title="Belle Fourche – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Belle Fourche" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Fourche,_South_Dakota" title="Belle Fourche, South Dakota – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Belle Fourche, South Dakota" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Fourche" title="Belle Fourche – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Belle Fourche" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%A4%D1%83%D1%88_(%D0%88%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0)" title="Бел Фуш (Јужна Дакота) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Бел Фуш (Јужна Дакота)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Fourche,_South_Dakota" title="Belle Fourche, South Dakota – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Belle Fourche, South Dakota" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Fourche" title="Belle Fourche – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Belle Fourche" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%A4%D1%83%D1%88_(%D0%9A%D3%A9%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BA_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0)" title="Бель-Фуш (Көньяк Дакота) – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Бель-Фуш (Көньяк Дакота)" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Fourche,_G%C3%BCney_Dakota" title="Belle Fourche, Güney Dakota – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Belle Fourche, Güney Dakota" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%A4%D1%83%D1%88_(%D0%9F%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0)" title="Бель-Фуш (Південна Дакота) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Бель-Фуш (Південна Дакота)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%A6%D9%84_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%8C_%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C_%DA%88%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%B9%D8%A7" title="بیئل فورش، جنوبی ڈکوٹا – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="بیئل فورش، جنوبی ڈکوٹا" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li 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County, South Dakota">Butte County</a> (top) and <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota" title="South Dakota">South Dakota</a> (bottom)</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Belle_Fourche,_South_Dakota&params=44_39_50_N_103_51_23_W_region:US-SD_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">44°39′50″N</span> <span class="longitude">103°51′23″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">44.66389°N 103.85639°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">44.66389; -103.85639</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota" title="South Dakota">South Dakota</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_South_Dakota" title="List of counties in South Dakota">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Butte_County,_South_Dakota" title="Butte County, South Dakota">Butte</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1884</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Municipal_corporation" title="Municipal corporation">Incorporated</a></th><td class="infobox-data">April 20, 1903<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Randy Schmidt</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2020_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2020-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">8.93 sq mi (23.12 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">8.85 sq mi (22.93 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">0.07 sq mi (0.19 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-gnis_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,117 ft (950 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-2020_Census_(City)_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020_Census_(City)-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">5,617</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2022)<sup id="cite_ref-USCensusEst2022_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusEst2022-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">5,848</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">634.40/sq mi (244.94/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%80%937" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC–7">UTC–7</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mountain_Time_Zone" title="Mountain Time Zone">Mountain (MST)</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%80%936" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC–6">UTC–6</a> (MDT)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_code" class="mw-redirect" title="ZIP code">ZIP code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">57717</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_code_605" title="Area code 605">605</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Sales_tax" title="Sales tax">Sales tax</a></th><td class="infobox-data">6.2%<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> feature ID</th><td class="infobox-data">1267280<sup id="cite_ref-gnis_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bellefourche.org/">bellefourche.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Belle Fourche</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'f' in 'find'">f</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span><span title="/ʃ/: 'sh' in 'shy'">ʃ</span></span>/</a></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling">bel-<span style="font-size:90%">FOOSH</span></i></a>)<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a city in and the <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> of <a href="/wiki/Butte_County,_South_Dakota" title="Butte County, South Dakota">Butte County</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota" title="South Dakota">South Dakota</a>, United States.<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its population was 5,617 at the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2020_Census_(City)_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020_Census_(City)-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is near the <a href="/wiki/Geographic_center_of_the_United_States" title="Geographic center of the United States">geographic center of the United States</a>, which moved some 550 miles (885 km) northwest from the <a href="/wiki/Geographic_center_of_the_contiguous_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Geographic center of the contiguous United States">geographic center of the contiguous United States</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lebanon,_Kansas" title="Lebanon, Kansas">Lebanon, Kansas</a> with the admission of Alaska and Hawaii in the mid-20th century. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belle_Fourche,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Belle Fourche, <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> for "beautiful fork",<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was named by French explorers from <a href="/wiki/New_France" title="New France">New France</a>, referring to the confluence of what is now known as the Belle Fourche and Redwater Rivers and the Hay Creek. Beaver trappers worked these rivers until the mid-19th century, and Belle Fourche became a well known fur-trading rendezvous point. During and after the <a href="/wiki/Black_Hills_Gold_Rush" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Hills Gold Rush">gold rush of 1876</a>, farmers and ranchers settled in the fertile valleys, growing food for the miners and their animals. At the time, the open plains for hundred of miles in all directions were also being filled with huge herds of Texas and Kansas cattle. Towns sprang up to serve the ever-changing needs of the farmers and ranchers. In 1884, the <a href="/wiki/Marquis_de_Mores" class="mw-redirect" title="Marquis de Mores">Marquis de Mores</a>, a French nobleman and contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt" title="Theodore Roosevelt">Theodore Roosevelt</a>, established a <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach#United_States" title="Stagecoach">stagecoach</a> line between <a href="/wiki/Medora,_North_Dakota" title="Medora, North Dakota">Medora, North Dakota</a> and <a href="/wiki/Deadwood,_South_Dakota" title="Deadwood, South Dakota">Deadwood, South Dakota</a>. The Belle Fourche way station included a stage barn and a saloon. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Belle_Fourche.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Belle_Fourche.jpg/220px-Belle_Fourche.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="228" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Belle_Fourche.jpg/330px-Belle_Fourche.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Belle_Fourche.jpg/440px-Belle_Fourche.jpg 2x" data-file-width="746" data-file-height="774" /></a><figcaption>Commemorating the geographic center of the fifty states</figcaption></figure> <p>Knowing the cattle barons and the railroad would need a place to load cattle onto freight cars for shipment to packing plants in the Midwest, <a href="/wiki/Seth_Bullock" title="Seth Bullock">Seth Bullock</a> effectively founded the city of Belle Fourche. After serving in the Montana legislature in 1871–1873 (and being instrumental in the establishment of a National Park at <a href="/wiki/Yellowstone" class="mw-redirect" title="Yellowstone">Yellowstone</a>), he had come to the Black Hills to sell supplies to the Deadwood miners. He arrived there August 2, 1876, the day <a href="/wiki/Wild_Bill_Hickok" title="Wild Bill Hickok">Wild Bill Hickok</a> was murdered. </p><p>During the next 14 years, Bullock acquired land as homesteaders along the Belle Fourche River "proved up" and sold out. When the railroad came to the Hills and refused to pay the prices demanded by the nearby township of <a href="/wiki/Minnesela" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesela">Minnesela</a>, he was ready. He offered the railroad free right-of-way and offered to build the terminal if the railroad placed it on his land, near the present Belle Fourche Livestock Exchange. In 1890, the first trainload of cattle headed east. By 1895, Belle Fourche was shipping 2,500 carloads of cattle per month in the peak season, making it the world's largest livestock-shipping point. This was the start of the agriculture center of the Tri-State area for which Belle Fourche would become known. </p><p>After winning a competition with Minnesela over the railroad which now goes through Belle Fourche, Bullock's town went on to win the <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> in the election of 1894. Still, cowboys rode into Minnesela and stole the county books. </p><p>Belle Fourche today serves a large trade area of ranches and farms. The wool, cattle, and <a href="/wiki/Bentonite" title="Bentonite">bentonite</a> industries have been important to the growth of Belle Fourche. The city serves as gateway to the northern Black Hills.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belle_Fourche,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, the city has a total area of 8.60 square miles (22.27 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 8.53 square miles (22.09 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 0.07 square miles (0.18 km<sup>2</sup>) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-Gazetteer_files_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gazetteer_files-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Geographic_center_of_U.S.">Geographic center of U.S.</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belle_Fourche,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geographic center of U.S."><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1959, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_and_Geodetic_Survey" title="United States Coast and Geodetic Survey">United States Coast and Geodetic Survey</a> officially designated a point 20 miles (32 km) north of Belle Fourche as the <a href="/wiki/Geographic_center_of_the_United_States" title="Geographic center of the United States">geographic center of the United States</a>. It is the center of the nation because the admission of <a href="/wiki/Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaska</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a> to the United States moved the location of the official center of the nation. The <a href="/wiki/Geographic_center_of_the_contiguous_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Geographic center of the contiguous United States">geographic center of the 48 contiguous U.S. states</a> is <a href="/wiki/Lebanon,_Kansas" title="Lebanon, Kansas">Lebanon, Kansas</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belle_Fourche,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Belle Fourche has a climate lying on the boundary between <a href="/wiki/Humid_continental_climate" title="Humid continental climate">humid continental</a> (Köppen <i>Dfb</i>/<i>Dfa</i>) and <a href="/wiki/Semi-arid_climate#Cold_semi-arid_climates" title="Semi-arid climate">cool semi-arid</a> (<i>BSk</i>). It is characterized, like most of South Dakota, by summers with mild mornings giving way to very warm to hot and occasionally sweltering afternoons, and chilly, though extremely variable, winters. When cold arctic air masses move south from <a href="/wiki/The_Yukon" class="mw-redirect" title="The Yukon">the Yukon</a> unhindered by geographic obstacles, winter temperatures can fall below 0 °F or −17.8 °C for prolonged periods: in the extremely cold month of January 1950 all but six mornings fell below 0 °F (−17.8 °C). Contrariwise, when warm <a href="/wiki/Chinook_wind" title="Chinook wind">chinook winds</a> descend from the <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mountains" title="Rocky Mountains">Rocky Mountains</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Black_Hills" title="Black Hills">Black Hills</a>, winter temperatures can become extremely warm given the latitude and far inland location. On average, twenty afternoons in the three winter months top 50 °F or 10 °C but in the record warm February 1954 23 of 28 afternoons topped that maximum and 70 °F (21.1 °C) was reached on the 8th. The extreme warming effect of the chinook winds can be seen in 74 °F or 23.3 °C – the hottest winter temperature recorded in the city – being reached on December 18, 1979 only two days after the minimum had been −27 °F or −32.8 °C. The coldest month has been January 1937 with a mean of 4.5 °F or −15.3 °C and the coldest temperature on record −44 °F (−42.2 °C) on December 22, 1989 – following which a chinook drove temperatures up to 49 °F or 9.4 °C the following afternoon, or an increase of 93 °F (51.7 °C) in less than 48 hours. </p><p>Spring warms up in fits and starts, with the first maximum of 70 °F or 21.1 °C expected on March 24, and the first of 80 °F or 26.7 °C expected on April 17; however, the last frost is not expected to have passed until May 10. Owing to frequent thunderstorms, the spring season is the wettest part of the year, and the wettest months since records began in 1908 has been May 1982 with 10.70 inches or 271.8 millimeters of precipitation, and the highest daily precipitation has been 4.25 inches or 108.0 millimeters on May 20, 1982. The summer is generally more settled than the spring, although heavy rains can occur in this period, as when 7.62 inches (193.5 mm) fell in August 1923. Extremely hot and dry spells sometimes occur in the summer: the hottest month of July 2012 averaged 81.3 °F (27.4 °C) and July 1936 had a mean maximum of 98.7 °F (37.1 °C); in contrast, the summer of 1993 got no hotter than 92 °F or 33.3 °C. The wettest calendar year in Belle Fourche has been 1946 with 25.41 inches (645.4 mm) and the driest 1931 with 7.77 inches (197.4 mm), and 1931 also saw Belle Fourche reach its record high of 112 °F (44.4 °C) on July 27. </p><p>Fall cooling is rapid: the first freeze can be expected on September 22, the first measurable snowfall on October 25 and the first zero temperature on November 28. Snowfall is moderate throughout the winter and spring: the annual mean is 53.9 inches or 1.37 meters. The snowiest month has been October 2013 with 34.2 inches (0.87 m) and the most snowfall in one day 24.0 inches (0.61 m) during that month’s early cold snap on the 5th. The snowiest season has been from July 1970 to June 1971 with 84.5 inches (2.15 m). </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Belle Fourche, South Dakota (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1908–present) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72<br />(22) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73<br />(23) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89<br />(32) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">98<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">103<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">109<br />(43) </td> <td style="background: #DC0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">112<br />(44) </td> <td style="background: #F80000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">108<br />(42) </td> <td style="background: #F80000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">107<br />(42) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">96<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83<br />(28) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74<br />(23) </td> <td style="background: #DC0000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">112<br />(44) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFB56C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.2<br />(15.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.9<br />(16.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8409; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.1<br />(22.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.4<br />(26.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86.8<br />(30.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF2A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95.5<br />(35.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF1C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">99.3<br />(37.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">98.5<br />(36.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95.2<br />(35.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84.0<br />(28.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8E1E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.4<br />(20.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFB46A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.5<br />(15.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF1300; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">101.7<br />(38.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #F4F4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.5<br />(2.5) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.1<br />(3.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFDAB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.7<br />(9.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.0<br />(15.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9225; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.5<br />(20.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.3<br />(26.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87.3<br />(30.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86.6<br />(30.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.8<br />(25.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA55; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.2<br />(16.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFE2C6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.5<br />(8.6) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.1<br />(2.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF5F; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">60.9<br />(16.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #D0D0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.7<br />(−4.1) </td> <td style="background: #D8D8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.1<br />(−2.7) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.8<br />(2.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFE8D2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.9<br />(7.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFC285; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.0<br />(13.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9934; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.5<br />(19.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.5<br />(23.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF850C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.7<br />(22.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA55; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.2<br />(16.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFDEBE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.6<br />(9.2) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.6<br />(2.0) </td> <td style="background: #D4D4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.0<br />(−3.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFE1C3; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">47.9<br />(8.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #ADADFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.9<br />(−10.6) </td> <td style="background: #B3B3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.1<br />(−9.4) </td> <td style="background: #CECEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.9<br />(−4.5) </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.8<br />(0.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFF1E4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.5<br />(6.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFCA96; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.7<br />(12.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB368; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.7<br />(15.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.8<br />(13.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.5<br />(8.1) </td> <td style="background: #EFEFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.0<br />(1.7) </td> <td style="background: #CDCDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.6<br />(−4.7) </td> <td style="background: #B3B3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.9<br />(−9.5) </td> <td style="background: #EFEFFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">34.9<br />(1.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #6060FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−12.9<br />(−24.9) </td> <td style="background: #6868FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−9.9<br />(−23.3) </td> <td style="background: #8989FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.8<br />(−17.3) </td> <td style="background: #B5B5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.4<br />(−9.2) </td> <td style="background: #DADAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.1<br />(−2.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFFAF6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41.1<br />(5.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFBF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.3<br />(9.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.7<br />(7.1) </td> <td style="background: #E4E4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.2<br />(−0.4) </td> <td style="background: #B9B9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.8<br />(−8.4) </td> <td style="background: #8B8BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.6<br />(−16.9) </td> <td style="background: #6B6BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−9.0<br />(−22.8) </td> <td style="background: #4A4AFF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−20.0<br />(−28.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #1414FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−39<br />(−39) </td> <td style="background: #0909FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−41<br />(−41) </td> <td style="background: #2F2FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−30<br />(−34) </td> <td style="background: #7575FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5<br />(−21) </td> <td style="background: #B6B6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15<br />(−9) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21<br />(−6) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33<br />(1) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31<br />(−1) </td> <td style="background: #A5A5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10<br />(−12) </td> <td style="background: #6565FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−12<br />(−24) </td> <td style="background: #3A3AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−26<br />(−32) </td> <td style="background: #0404FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−44<br />(−42) </td> <td style="background: #0404FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−44<br />(−42) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #EEFFEE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.44<br />(11) </td> <td style="background: #E9FFE9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.51<br />(13) </td> <td style="background: #D3FFD3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.16<br />(29) </td> <td style="background: #ABFFAB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.11<br />(54) </td> <td style="background: #8CFF8C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.04<br />(77) </td> <td style="background: #8BFF8B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.96<br />(75) </td> <td style="background: #B4FFB4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.96<br />(50) </td> <td style="background: #C6FFC6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.50<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #CAFFCA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.34<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #BDFFBD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.72<br />(44) </td> <td style="background: #E4FFE4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.66<br />(17) </td> <td style="background: #E8FFE8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.59<br />(15) </td> <td style="background: #C5FFC5; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">17.99<br />(457) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall inches (cm) </th> <td style="background: #2E2EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">5.5<br />(14) </td> <td style="background: #0000E8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">6.7<br />(17) </td> <td style="background: #0000F1; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">7.2<br />(18) </td> <td style="background: #3636FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">5.2<br />(13) </td> <td style="background: #CDCDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.3<br />(3.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.6<br />(6.6) </td> <td style="background: #6666FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">3.9<br />(9.9) </td> <td style="background: #000089; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">9.8<br />(25) </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">42.2<br />(107) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #C3C3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.8 </td> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.0 </td> <td style="background: #C2C2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.9 </td> <td style="background: #A3A3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.2 </td> <td style="background: #8888FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.6 </td> <td style="background: #7F7FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0 </td> <td style="background: #9797FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4 </td> <td style="background: #ABABFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.8 </td> <td style="background: #B7B7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.6 </td> <td style="background: #A2A2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.5 </td> <td style="background: #BDBDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.1 </td> <td style="background: #BEBEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.2 </td> <td style="background: #ABABFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">80.1 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.1 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #D2D2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.6 </td> <td style="background: #CCCCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.7 </td> <td style="background: #DEDEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.6 </td> <td style="background: #EDEDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.4 </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6 </td> <td style="background: #E4E4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.1 </td> <td style="background: #D2D2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.6 </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">17.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/NOAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NOAA">NOAA</a><sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NCEI_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCEI-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belle_Fourche,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>451</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>1,352</td><td></td><td>199.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>1,616</td><td></td><td>19.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>2,032</td><td></td><td>25.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>2,496</td><td></td><td>22.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>3,540</td><td></td><td>41.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>4,087</td><td></td><td>15.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>4,236</td><td></td><td>3.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>4,692</td><td></td><td>10.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>4,335</td><td></td><td>−7.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>4,565</td><td></td><td>5.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>5,594</td><td></td><td>22.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>5,617</td><td></td><td>0.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2022 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">5,848</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-USCensusEst2022_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusEst2022-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>4.1%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />2020 Census<sup id="cite_ref-2020_Census_(City)_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020_Census_(City)-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_census">2010 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belle_Fourche,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2010 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a> of 2010, there were 5,594 people, 2,322 households, and 1,461 families living in the city. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 655.8 inhabitants per square mile (253.2/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 2,511 housing units at an average density of 294.4 per square mile (113.7/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 93.6% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 0.2% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 2.1% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 0.3% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.1% <a href="/wiki/Race_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 1.3% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (U.S. Census)">other races</a>, and 2.6% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 4.1% of the population. </p><p>There were 2,322 households, of which 32.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.0% were married couples living together, 12.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 37.1% were non-families. 32.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.96. </p><p>The median age in the city was 36.1 years. 26.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 9.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.6% were from 25 to 44; 25.6% were from 45 to 64; and 15.6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.9% male and 51.1% female. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000_census">2000 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belle_Fourche,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2000 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:JOHNNY_SPAULING_CABIN,_BELLE_FOURCHE,_BUTTE_COUNTTY.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/JOHNNY_SPAULING_CABIN%2C_BELLE_FOURCHE%2C_BUTTE_COUNTTY.jpg/220px-JOHNNY_SPAULING_CABIN%2C_BELLE_FOURCHE%2C_BUTTE_COUNTTY.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/JOHNNY_SPAULING_CABIN%2C_BELLE_FOURCHE%2C_BUTTE_COUNTTY.jpg/330px-JOHNNY_SPAULING_CABIN%2C_BELLE_FOURCHE%2C_BUTTE_COUNTTY.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/JOHNNY_SPAULING_CABIN%2C_BELLE_FOURCHE%2C_BUTTE_COUNTTY.jpg/440px-JOHNNY_SPAULING_CABIN%2C_BELLE_FOURCHE%2C_BUTTE_COUNTTY.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2784" data-file-height="1848" /></a><figcaption>Johnny Spaulding Cabin in Belle Fourche</figcaption></figure> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a> of 2000, there were 4,565 people, 1,854 households, and 1,186 families living in the city. The population density was 1,446.9 inhabitants per square mile (558.7/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 2,122 housing units at an average density of 672.6 per square mile (259.7/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 95.03% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 0.15% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 1.91% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 0.33% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 1.27% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 1.31% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 3.70% of the population. </p><p>There were 1,854 households, out of which 32.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.2% were married couples living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.0% were non-families. 30.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 3.04. </p><p>In the city, the population was spread out, with 27.2% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 25.5% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 17.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.5 males. </p><p>As of 2000 the median income for a household in the city was $26,875, and the median income for a family was $35,506. Males had a median income of $26,763 versus $15,275 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the city was $14,051. About 9.0% of families and 12.6% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 19.8% of those under age 18 and 7.7% of those age 65 or over. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Radio_and_TV_stations">Radio and TV stations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belle_Fourche,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Radio and TV stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <p><i>AM radio</i> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KBHB" title="KBHB">KBHB</a> 810</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KKLS_(AM)" title="KKLS (AM)">KKLS</a> 920</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KDSJ" title="KDSJ">KDSJ</a> 980</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTOQ" title="KTOQ">KTOQ</a> 1340</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBFS" title="KBFS">KBFS</a> 1450</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <p><i>FM radio</i> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KRCS" title="KRCS">KRCS</a> 93.1</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KKMK" title="KKMK">KKMK</a> 93.9</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSQY" title="KSQY">KSQY</a> 95.1</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KZZI" title="KZZI">KZZI</a> 95.9</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KOUT" title="KOUT">KOUT</a> 98.7</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KFXS" title="KFXS">KFXS</a> 100.3</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KDDX" title="KDDX">KDDX</a> 101.1</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KFMH" title="KFMH">KFMH</a> 101.9</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KYDT" title="KYDT">KYDT</a> 103.1</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KIQK" title="KIQK">KIQK</a> 104.1</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <p><i>Television</i> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KOTA-TV" title="KOTA-TV">KOTA-TV</a> Ch. 3 <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KCLO" class="mw-redirect" title="KCLO">KCLO</a> Ch. 16 <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KNBN" title="KNBN">KNBN</a> Ch. 21 <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBHE-TV" class="mw-redirect" title="KBHE-TV">KBHE-TV</a> Ch. 26 <a href="/wiki/Public_Broadcasting_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Broadcasting Service">PBS</a></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belle_Fourche,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dianne_Dorland" title="Dianne Dorland">Dianne Dorland</a>, engineer, 1st female president of the <a href="/wiki/American_Institute_of_Chemical_Engineers" title="American Institute of Chemical Engineers">American Institute of Chemical Engineers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Eaton" title="Lloyd Eaton">Lloyd Eaton</a>, former resident, football player, executive, and coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Kubel" title="Jason Kubel">Jason Kubel</a>, born in Belle Fourche, retired Major League Baseball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lem_Overpeck" title="Lem Overpeck">Lem Overpeck</a>, born in Belle Fourche, 29th <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_South_Dakota" title="Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota">Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Pearson_(American_writer)" title="Bill Pearson (American writer)">Bill Pearson</a>, born in Belle Fourche, comics artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emily_E._Sloan" title="Emily E. Sloan">Emily E. Sloan</a>, former resident, rancher, lawyer, author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Strohmayer" title="John Strohmayer">John Strohmayer</a>, born in Belle Fourche, former baseball <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Townsend" title="Francis Townsend">Francis Townsend</a>, former resident, <a href="/wiki/Physician" title="Physician">physician</a> and political activist</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belle_Fourche,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_South_Dakota" title="List of cities in South Dakota">List of cities in South Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geographic_centers_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Geographic centers of the United States">Geographic centers of the United States</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belle_Fourche,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Elk_Wilderness" title="Black Elk Wilderness">Black Elk Wilderness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Hills_Central_Railroad" title="Black Hills Central Railroad">Black Hills Central Railroad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Hills_National_Forest" title="Black Hills National Forest">Black Hills National Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Elk_Peak" title="Black Elk Peak">Black Elk Peak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Hills_Playhouse" title="Black Hills Playhouse">Black Hills Playhouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chapel_in_the_Hills" title="Chapel in the Hills">Chapel in the Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crazy_Horse_Memorial" title="Crazy Horse Memorial">Crazy Horse Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Custer_State_Park" title="Custer State Park">Custer State Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devils_Tower" title="Devils Tower">Devils Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinosaur_Park" title="Dinosaur Park">Dinosaur Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedrock_City_(South_Dakota)" title="Bedrock City (South Dakota)">Flintstones Bedrock City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Stockade" title="Gordon Stockade">Gordon Stockade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homestake_Mine_(South_Dakota)" title="Homestake Mine (South Dakota)">Homestake Mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jewel_Cave_National_Monument" title="Jewel Cave National Monument">Jewel Cave National Monument</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Mammoth_Site" title="The Mammoth Site">The Mammoth Site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minuteman_Missile_National_Historic_Site" title="Minuteman Missile National Historic Site">Minuteman Missile National Historic Site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Rushmore" title="Mount Rushmore">Mount Rushmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Theodore_Roosevelt_Monument" title="Mount Theodore Roosevelt Monument">Mount Theodore Roosevelt Monument</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mystic_Miner_Ski_Resort" title="Mystic Miner Ski Resort">Mystic Miner Ski Resort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Needles_(Black_Hills)" title="Needles (Black Hills)">Needles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pactola_Lake" title="Pactola Lake">Pactola Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reptile_Gardens" title="Reptile Gardens">Reptile Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rushmore_Cave" title="Rushmore Cave">Rushmore Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheridan_Lake_(South_Dakota)" title="Sheridan Lake (South Dakota)">Sheridan Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitting_Bull_Crystal_Caverns" title="Sitting Bull Crystal Caverns">Sitting Bull Crystal Caverns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sturgis_Motorcycle_Rally" title="Sturgis Motorcycle Rally">Sturgis Motorcycle Rally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvan_Lake_(South_Dakota)" title="Sylvan Lake (South Dakota)">Sylvan Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Peak" title="Terry Peak">Terry Peak ski area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wind_Cave_National_Park" title="Wind Cave National Park">Wind Cave National Park</a> with <a href="/wiki/Wind_Cave_bison_herd" title="Wind Cave bison herd">bison herd</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Scenic routes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Roads</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Norbeck_Scenic_Byway" title="Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway">Norbeck Scenic Byway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_16A" title="U.S. Route 16A">Iron Mountain Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Needles_Highway" class="mw-redirect" title="Needles Highway">Needles Highway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spearfish_Canyon" title="Spearfish Canyon">Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Trails</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_Hills_Centennial_Trail&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Black Hills Centennial Trail (page does not exist)">Black Hills Centennial Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_S._Mickelson_Trail" title="George S. Mickelson Trail">George S. Mickelson Trail</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Populated<br />places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Belle Fourche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_City,_South_Dakota" title="Central City, South Dakota">Central City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Custer,_South_Dakota" title="Custer, South Dakota">Custer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deadwood,_South_Dakota" title="Deadwood, South Dakota">Deadwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgemont,_South_Dakota" title="Edgemont, South Dakota">Edgemont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hot_Springs,_South_Dakota" title="Hot Springs, South Dakota">Hot Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hill_City,_South_Dakota" title="Hill City, South Dakota">Hill City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lead,_South_Dakota" title="Lead, South Dakota">Lead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newcastle,_Wyoming" title="Newcastle, Wyoming">Newcastle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rapid_City,_South_Dakota" title="Rapid City, South Dakota">Rapid City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spearfish,_South_Dakota" title="Spearfish, South Dakota">Spearfish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sturgis,_South_Dakota" title="Sturgis, South Dakota">Sturgis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitewood,_South_Dakota" title="Whitewood, South Dakota">Whitewood</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Towns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Gap,_South_Dakota" title="Buffalo Gap, South Dakota">Buffalo Gap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairburn,_South_Dakota" title="Fairburn, South Dakota">Fairburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermosa,_South_Dakota" title="Hermosa, South Dakota">Hermosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keystone,_South_Dakota" title="Keystone, South Dakota">Keystone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pringle,_South_Dakota" title="Pringle, South Dakota">Pringle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundance,_Wyoming" title="Sundance, Wyoming">Sundance</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unincorporated</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dewey,_South_Dakota" title="Dewey, South Dakota">Dewey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Mile,_South_Dakota" title="Four Mile, South Dakota">Four Mile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galena,_South_Dakota" title="Galena, South Dakota">Galena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanna,_South_Dakota" title="Hanna, South Dakota">Hanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_Siding,_South_Dakota" title="Johnson Siding, South Dakota">Johnson Siding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nemo,_South_Dakota" title="Nemo, South Dakota">Nemo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochford,_South_Dakota" title="Rochford, South Dakota">Rochford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockerville,_South_Dakota" title="Rockerville, South Dakota">Rockerville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silver_City,_South_Dakota" title="Silver City, South Dakota">Silver City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_Forks,_South_Dakota" title="Three Forks, South Dakota">Three Forks</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">History<br />and people</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cheyenne" title="Cheyenne">Cheyenne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakota_people" title="Lakota people">Lakota people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Fort_Laramie_(1868)" title="Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)">Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)</a> established the <a href="/wiki/Great_Sioux_Reservation" title="Great Sioux Reservation">Great Sioux Reservation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Sioux_War_of_1876" title="Great Sioux War of 1876">Black Hills War, or Great Sioux War (1876)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Elk" title="Black Elk">Black Elk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitting_Bull" title="Sitting Bull">Sitting Bull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crazy_Horse" title="Crazy Horse">Crazy Horse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lone_Horn" title="Lone Horn">Lone Horn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Cloud" title="Red Cloud">Red Cloud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spotted_Tail" title="Spotted Tail">Spotted Tail</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/American_frontier" title="American frontier">Old West</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dakota_Territory" title="Dakota Territory">Dakota Territory (1861–1889)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Hills_Expedition" title="Black Hills Expedition">Black Hills Expedition (1874)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Hills_gold_rush" title="Black Hills gold rush">Black Hills gold rush (1874)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton%E2%80%93Jenney_Party" title="Newton–Jenney Party">Newton–Jenney Party (1875)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheyenne%E2%80%93Black_Hills_Stage_Route_and_Rawhide_Buttes_and_Running_Water_Stage_Stations" title="Cheyenne–Black Hills Stage Route and Rawhide Buttes and Running Water Stage Stations">Cheyenne-Black Hills Stage Route (1876–1887)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney-Black_Hills_Trail" title="Sidney-Black Hills Trail">Sidney-Black Hills Stage Road (1876–1887)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rapid_City,_Black_Hills_and_Western_Railroad" title="Rapid City, Black Hills and Western Railroad">Rapid City, Black Hills and Western Railroad (1893–1947)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seth_Bullock" title="Seth Bullock">Seth Bullock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Martha_Bullock" title="Martha Bullock">Martha Bullock</a></li> <li>General <a href="/wiki/George_Armstrong_Custer" title="George Armstrong Custer">George Armstrong Custer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dora_DuFran" title="Dora DuFran">Dora DuFran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wild_Bill_Hickok" title="Wild Bill Hickok">Wild Bill Hickok</a></li> 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href="/wiki/Cambria,_Wyoming" title="Cambria, Wyoming">Cambria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carbonate,_South_Dakota" title="Carbonate, South Dakota">Carbonate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etta,_South_Dakota" title="Etta, South Dakota">Etta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flatiron,_South_Dakota" title="Flatiron, South Dakota">Flatiron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwood,_Lawrence_County,_South_Dakota" title="Greenwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota">Greenwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maitland,_South_Dakota" title="Maitland, South Dakota">Maitland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myers_City,_South_Dakota" title="Myers City, South Dakota">Myers City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mystic,_South_Dakota" title="Mystic, South Dakota">Mystic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nahant,_South_Dakota" title="Nahant, South Dakota">Nahant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novak,_South_Dakota" title="Novak, South Dakota">Novak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pactola,_South_Dakota" title="Pactola, South Dakota">Pactola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheridan,_South_Dakota" title="Sheridan, South Dakota">Sheridan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spokane,_South_Dakota" title="Spokane, South Dakota">Spokane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terraville,_South_Dakota" title="Terraville, South Dakota">Terraville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tigerville,_South_Dakota" title="Tigerville, South Dakota">Tigerville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tinton,_South_Dakota" title="Tinton, South Dakota">Tinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trojan,_South_Dakota" title="Trojan, South Dakota">Trojan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Modern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fossil_Cycad_National_Monument" title="Fossil Cycad National Monument">Fossil Cycad National Monument (1922–1957)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stratobowl" title="Stratobowl">Stratobowl (1934–1959)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Black_Hills_flood" title="1972 Black Hills flood">Black Hills flood (1972)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Jasper_Fire" title="2000 Jasper Fire">2000 Jasper Fire</a></li> <li>Sculptors <a href="/wiki/Gutzon_Borglum" title="Gutzon Borglum">Gutzon Borglum</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Borglum" title="Lincoln Borglum">Lincoln Borglum</a></li> <li>Author <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Bottum_(author)" title="Joseph Bottum (author)">Joseph Bottum</a></li> <li>Politician <a href="/wiki/Francis_Case" title="Francis Case">Francis Case</a></li> <li>Poet <a href="/wiki/Charles_Badger_Clark" title="Charles Badger Clark">Charles Badger Clark</a></li> <li>Historian <a href="/wiki/Watson_Parker" title="Watson Parker">Watson Parker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Transit</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rapid_City_Rapid_Ride" title="Rapid City Rapid Ride">Rapid City Rapid Ride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Lines" title="Jefferson Lines">Jefferson Lines</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Road junctions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cheyenne_Crossing,_South_Dakota" title="Cheyenne Crossing, South Dakota">Cheyenne Crossing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Corners,_Wyoming" title="Four Corners, Wyoming">Four Corners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Mile,_South_Dakota" title="Four Mile, South Dakota">Four Mile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keystone_Wye" title="Keystone Wye">Keystone Wye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maverick_Junction,_South_Dakota" title="Maverick Junction, South Dakota">Maverick Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mule_Creek_Junction,_Wyoming" 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