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<span>Toggle Arts and culture subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Arts_and_culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Places_of_interest" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Places_of_interest"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Places of interest</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Places_of_interest-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cultural_resources" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cultural_resources"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Cultural resources</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cultural_resources-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Library" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Library"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Library</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Library-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sports" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sports"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Sports</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Sports-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Sports subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Sports-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Active_teams" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Active_teams"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Active teams</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Active_teams-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Defunct_teams" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Defunct_teams"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Defunct teams</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Defunct_teams-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_teams_and_events" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_teams_and_events"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Other teams and events</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_teams_and_events-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Education</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Media" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Media"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Media</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Media-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Media subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Media-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-AM_radio" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#AM_radio"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>AM radio</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-AM_radio-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-FM_radio" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#FM_radio"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>FM radio</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-FM_radio-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Television" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Television"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Television</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Television-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Print" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Print"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4</span> <span>Print</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Print-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Infrastructure" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Infrastructure"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Infrastructure</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Infrastructure-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Infrastructure subsection</span> 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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" 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href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_City" title="Rapid City – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Rapid City" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AA%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="رپید سیتی، گونئی داکوتا – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="رپید سیتی، 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/Rapid_City_(South_Dakota)" title="Rapid City (South Dakota) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Rapid City (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-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%96%D0%B4-%D0%A1%D1%96%D1%86%D1%96" title="Рапід-Сіці – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Рапід-Сіці" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%B4_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8" title="Рапид Сити – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Рапид Сити" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_City_(South_Dakota)" title="Rapid City (South Dakota) – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Rapid City (South Dakota)" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_City" title="Rapid City – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Rapid City" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_City_(kapital_sa_kondado)" title="Rapid City (kapital sa kondado) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Rapid City (kapital sa kondado)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_City" title="Rapid City – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Rapid City" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_City,_De_Dakota" title="Rapid City, De Dakota – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Rapid City, 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/Rapid_City" title="Rapid City – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Rapid City" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_City" title="Rapid City – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Rapid City" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_City" title="Rapid City – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Rapid City" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nv mw-list-item"><a href="https://nv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsx%C4%AF%CC%81%C4%AF%CC%81%C5%82n%C3%ADl%C3%ADn%C3%AD" title="Tsxį́į́łnílíní – Navajo" lang="nv" hreflang="nv" data-title="Tsxį́į́łnílíní" data-language-autonym="Diné bizaad" data-language-local-name="Navajo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Diné bizaad</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_City" title="Rapid City – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Rapid City" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_City_(Dakota_del_Sur)" title="Rapid City (Dakota del Sur) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Rapid City (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/Rapid_City_(Hego_Dakota)" title="Rapid City (Hego Dakota) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Rapid City (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%B1%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AA%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="رپید سیتی، داکوتای جنوبی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="رپید سیتی، 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-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_City_(South_Dakota)" title="Rapid City (South Dakota) – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Rapid City (South Dakota)" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_City" title="Rapid City – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Rapid City" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A_(%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%8A_%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A4%D8%AA%D8%A7)" title="رپيد سيتي (نسايي داکؤتا) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="رپيد سيتي (نسايي داکؤتا)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%9E%98%ED%94%BC%EB%93%9C%EC%8B%9C%ED%8B%B0" title="래피드시티 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="래피드시티" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A1_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80,_%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="रैपिड सिटी, दक्षिण डकोटा – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="रैपिड सिटी, 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-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_City,_South_Dakota" title="Rapid City, South Dakota – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Rapid City, South Dakota" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_City" title="Rapid City – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Rapid City" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_City_(Dakota_del_Sud)" title="Rapid City (Dakota del Sud) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Rapid City (Dakota del Sud)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%93_%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%98%D7%99_(%D7%93%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%98%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA)" title="רפיד סיטי (דקוטה הדרומית) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="רפיד סיטי (דקוטה הדרומית)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_City,_Dakota_Dheghow" title="Rapid City, Dakota Dheghow – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Rapid City, Dakota Dheghow" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_City,_Dakota_disid" title="Rapid City, Dakota disid – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Rapid City, 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/Rapid_City_(South_Dakota)" title="Rapid City (South Dakota) – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Rapid City (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-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repidsitija" title="Repidsitija – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Repidsitija" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_Sitis" title="Rapid Sitis – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Rapid Sitis" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_City_(D%C3%A9l-Dakota)" title="Rapid City (Dél-Dakota) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Rapid City (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%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%89" title="رابيد سيتى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="رابيد سيتى" 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/Rapid_City" title="Rapid City – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Rapid City" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%94%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%82%B7%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3" title="ラピッドシティ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ラピッドシティ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%B4-%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8_(%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="Рапид-Сити (Къилба Дакота) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Рапид-Сити (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-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_City" title="Rapid City – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Rapid City" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_City_(Janubiy_Dakota)" title="Rapid City (Janubiy Dakota) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Rapid City (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/Rapid_City_(Dakota_Po%C5%82udniowa)" title="Rapid City (Dakota Południowa) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Rapid City (Dakota Południowa)" 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/Rapid_City" title="Rapid City – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Rapid City" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_City" title="Rapid City – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Rapid City" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%B4-%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8_(%D0%AE%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0)" title="Рапид-Сити (Южная Дакота) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Рапид-Сити (Южная Дакота)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_City_(Dakota_d%C3%BB_Sud)" title="Rapid City (Dakota dû Sud) – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Rapid City (Dakota dû Sud)" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_City,_South_Dakota" title="Rapid City, South Dakota – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Rapid City, 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/Rapid_City_(Ju%C5%BEn%C3%A1_Dakota)" title="Rapid City (Južná Dakota) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Rapid City (Južná Dakota)" 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%A0%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%B4_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8" title="Рапид Сити – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Рапид Сити" 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/Rapid_City,_South_Dakota" title="Rapid City, South Dakota – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Rapid City, 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-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_City" title="Rapid City – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Rapid City" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_City" title="Rapid City – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Rapid City" 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%A0%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%B4-%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8_(%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="Рапид-Сити (Көньяк Дакота) – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Рапид-Сити (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-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B5_(%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%90%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%97%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B2)" title="แรพิดซิตี (รัฐเซาท์ดาโคตา) – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="แรพิดซิตี (รัฐเซาท์ดาโคตา)" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-chy mw-list-item"><a href="https://chy.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A1eoh%C3%A9mahpe" title="Háeohémahpe – Cheyenne" lang="chy" hreflang="chy" data-title="Háeohémahpe" data-language-autonym="Tsetsêhestâhese" data-language-local-name="Cheyenne" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tsetsêhestâhese</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_City,_G%C3%BCney_Dakota" title="Rapid City, Güney Dakota – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Rapid City, 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%A0%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%96%D0%B4-%D0%A1%D1%96%D1%82%D1%96_(%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="Рапід-Сіті (Південна Дакота) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Рапід-Сіті (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%B1%DB%8C%D9%BE%DA%88_%D8%B3%D9%B9%DB%8C%D8%8C_%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C_%DA%88%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%B9%D8%A7" title="ریپڈ سٹی، جنوبی ڈکوٹا – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="ریپڈ سٹی، جنوبی ڈکوٹا" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_City_(South_Dakota)" title="Rapid City (South Dakota) – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Rapid City (South Dakota)" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_City,_South_Dakota" title="Rapid City, South Dakota – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Rapid City, South Dakota" data-language-autonym="Winaray" 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class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Rapid City, South Dakota"><img alt="Flag of Rapid City, South Dakota" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Rapid_City%2C_South_Dakota.svg/100px-Flag_of_Rapid_City%2C_South_Dakota.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Rapid_City%2C_South_Dakota.svg/150px-Flag_of_Rapid_City%2C_South_Dakota.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Rapid_City%2C_South_Dakota.svg/200px-Flag_of_Rapid_City%2C_South_Dakota.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="307" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rapid_City_Logo.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Official logo of Rapid City, South Dakota"><img alt="Official logo of Rapid City, South Dakota" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6f/Rapid_City_Logo.png/100px-Rapid_City_Logo.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6f/Rapid_City_Logo.png/150px-Rapid_City_Logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6f/Rapid_City_Logo.png/200px-Rapid_City_Logo.png 2x" data-file-width="572" data-file-height="174" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Logo</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nickname(s): <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">Gateway to the Black Hills, City of Presidents</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pennington_County_South_Dakota_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Rapid_City_Highlighted.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location in Pennington County and the state of South Dakota"><img alt="Location in Pennington County and the state of South Dakota" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Pennington_County_South_Dakota_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Rapid_City_Highlighted.svg/250px-Pennington_County_South_Dakota_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Rapid_City_Highlighted.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Pennington_County_South_Dakota_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Rapid_City_Highlighted.svg/375px-Pennington_County_South_Dakota_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Rapid_City_Highlighted.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Pennington_County_South_Dakota_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Rapid_City_Highlighted.svg/500px-Pennington_County_South_Dakota_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Rapid_City_Highlighted.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="850" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location in <a href="/wiki/Pennington_County,_South_Dakota" title="Pennington County, South Dakota">Pennington County</a> and the state of <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota" title="South Dakota">South Dakota</a></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=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&params=44_04_17_N_103_13_15_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°04′17″N</span> <span class="longitude">103°13′15″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">44.07139°N 103.22083°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">44.07139; -103.22083</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/Pennington_County,_South_Dakota" title="Pennington County, South Dakota">Pennington</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">February 1876<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="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Municipal_corporation" title="Municipal corporation">Incorporated</a></th><td class="infobox-data">February 1883<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Rapid_City,_South_Dakota" title="List of mayors of Rapid City, South Dakota">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Jason Salamun</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Municipal_council" title="Municipal council">City Council</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><small>Ward 1: Josh Biberdorf & Jesse Ham<br />Ward 2: Lindsey Seachris & Bill Evans<br />Ward 3: Kevin Maher & Greg Strommen<br />Ward 4: John B. Roberts & Lance Lehmann<br />Ward 5: Rod Pettigrew & Pat Roseland</small></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2023_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2023-4"><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;"> • <a href="/wiki/City" title="City">City</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">55.129 sq mi (142.783 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">55.067 sq mi (142.623 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">0.062 sq mi (0.160 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_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,356 ft (1,023 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)_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020_Census_(City)-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/City" title="City">City</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">74,703</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2023)<sup id="cite_ref-USCensusEst2023_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusEst2023-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">79,404</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">US: 461st<br />SD: <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_South_Dakota" title="List of cities in South Dakota">2nd</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,442/sq mi (556.7/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">85,679 (US: <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_urban_areas" title="List of United States urban areas">342nd</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">Metro</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">155,974 (US: <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_statistical_area" title="Metropolitan statistical area">276th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Rapid Citian<sup id="cite_ref-rc2021_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rc2021-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></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" title="ZIP Code">ZIP Codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">57701, 57702, 57703, 57709</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/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Information Processing Standard">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">46-52980</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">1267543<sup id="cite_ref-gnis_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><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-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<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.rcgov.org/">rcgov.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Rapid City</b> is a city in <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota" title="South Dakota">South Dakota</a>, United States, and the <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> of <a href="/wiki/Pennington_County,_South_Dakota" title="Pennington County, South Dakota">Pennington County</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_South_Dakota" title="List of cities in South Dakota">second most populous city</a> in the state, after <a href="/wiki/Sioux_Falls,_South_Dakota" title="Sioux Falls, South Dakota">Sioux Falls</a>. It is located on the eastern slope of the <a href="/wiki/Black_Hills" title="Black Hills">Black Hills</a> in western South Dakota and was named after <a href="/wiki/Rapid_Creek_(South_Dakota)" title="Rapid Creek (South Dakota)">Rapid Creek</a>, where the settlement developed. The population was 74,703 as of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2020_Census_(City)_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020_Census_(City)-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Known as the "Gateway to the Black Hills" and the "City of Presidents" because of the life-size bronze president statues downtown, Rapid City is split by a low mountain ridge that divides the city's western and eastern parts, called ‘The Gap.’ <a href="/wiki/Ellsworth_Air_Force_Base" title="Ellsworth Air Force Base">Ellsworth Air Force Base</a> is on the city's outskirts. Camp Rapid, part of the <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_Army_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="South Dakota Army National Guard">South Dakota Army National Guard</a>, is in the city's western part. </p><p>Rapid City is home to such attractions as Art Alley, <a href="/wiki/Dinosaur_Park" title="Dinosaur Park">Dinosaur Park</a>, the City of Presidents walking tour, <a href="/wiki/Chapel_in_the_Hills" title="Chapel in the Hills">Chapel in the Hills</a>, Storybook Island, and Main Street Square. The historic "<a href="/wiki/Old_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Old West">Old West</a>" town of <a href="/wiki/Deadwood,_South_Dakota" title="Deadwood, South Dakota">Deadwood</a> is nearby. In the neighboring Black Hills are the tourist attractions of <a href="/wiki/Mount_Rushmore" title="Mount Rushmore">Mount Rushmore</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Crazy_Horse_Memorial" title="Crazy Horse Memorial">Crazy Horse Memorial</a>, <a href="/wiki/Custer_State_Park" title="Custer State Park">Custer State Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wind_Cave_National_Park" title="Wind Cave National Park">Wind Cave National Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jewel_Cave_National_Monument" title="Jewel Cave National Monument">Jewel Cave National Monument</a>, and the museum at the <a href="/wiki/Black_Hills_Institute_of_Geological_Research" title="Black Hills Institute of Geological Research">Black Hills Institute of Geological Research</a>. To the city's east is <a href="/wiki/Badlands_National_Park" title="Badlands National Park">Badlands National Park</a>. </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=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Rapid_City,_South_Dakota" title="Special:EditPage/Rapid City, South Dakota">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. 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The "Gateway" nickname is shared by neighboring <a href="/wiki/Box_Elder,_South_Dakota" title="Box Elder, South Dakota">Box Elder</a>. In February 1876, <a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Richard_Brennan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Richard Brennan (page does not exist)">John Richard Brennan</a> and Samuel Scott, with a small group of men, laid out Rapid City. It was eventually named for the spring-fed <a href="/wiki/Rapid_Creek_(South_Dakota)" title="Rapid Creek (South Dakota)">Rapid Creek</a> that flows through it. </p><p>The land speculators measured off a square mile and designated the six blocks in the center as a business section. Committees were appointed to recruit prospective merchants and their families to locate in the settlement. Such merchants soon began selling supplies to miners and pioneers. The city's location on the edge of the Plains and Hills and its large river valley made it a natural hub for the railroads that were constructed in the late 1880s from both the south and east. By 1900, Rapid City had survived a boom and bust and was developing as an important regional trade center for the Upper Midwest. </p><p>The Black Hills had become popular in the late 1890s, but Rapid City became a more important destination in the 20th century. Local entrepreneurs promoted the sights, the availability of the automobile for individual transportation, and construction of improved roadways after <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> led to many more tourists to this area, including President <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge" title="Calvin Coolidge">Calvin Coolidge</a> and the First Lady in summer 1927. Coolidge announced that he would not seek reelection in 1928 from his summer office in Rapid City. <a href="/wiki/Gutzon_Borglum" title="Gutzon Borglum">Gutzon Borglum</a>, already a noted sculptor, began work on <a href="/wiki/Mount_Rushmore" title="Mount Rushmore">Mount Rushmore</a> in 1927, and his son, Lincoln Borglum, continued the work after Gutzon's death in 1941. The work was halted due to the US need to invest in buildup for its entry into <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>; the sculpture was declared complete in 1941. Although tourism had sustained the city throughout the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a> of the 1930s, gasoline rationing during World War II decimated such travel. But investments in the defense industry and other war-related growth stimulated the placement of new military installations in the area, bringing more businesses and residents. </p><p>In 1930, the Rapid City Chamber of Commerce sent a letter inviting <a href="/wiki/Al_Capone" title="Al Capone">Al Capone</a> to live in the Black Hills.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> South Dakota's governor did not support the idea, and Capone declined.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:6th_and_Main_Streets,_Rapid_City.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/6th_and_Main_Streets%2C_Rapid_City.jpg/400px-6th_and_Main_Streets%2C_Rapid_City.jpg" decoding="async" width="400" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/6th_and_Main_Streets%2C_Rapid_City.jpg/600px-6th_and_Main_Streets%2C_Rapid_City.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/6th_and_Main_Streets%2C_Rapid_City.jpg/800px-6th_and_Main_Streets%2C_Rapid_City.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2759" data-file-height="618" /></a><figcaption>Panoramic view of Sixth and Main Streets in Rapid City, 1912</figcaption></figure> <p>In the 1940s Rapid City benefited greatly from the opening of Rapid City Army Air Base, later <a href="/wiki/Ellsworth_Air_Force_Base" title="Ellsworth Air Force Base">Ellsworth Air Force Base</a>, an <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Corps" title="United States Army Air Corps">Army Air Corps</a> training base. The local population nearly doubled between 1940 and 1948, from almost 14,000 to nearly 27,000. Military families and civilian personnel soon took every available living space in town, and mobile home parks proliferated. Rapid City businesses profited from the military payroll. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>, the government constructed missile installations in the area: a series of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nike_Air_Defense&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nike Air Defense (page does not exist)">Nike Air Defense</a> sites were constructed around Ellsworth in the 1950s. In the early 1960s three <a href="/wiki/Titan_missile" class="mw-redirect" title="Titan missile">Titan missile</a> launch sites were constructed; these contained a total of nine Titan I missiles in Rapid City's general vicinity. Beginning in November 1963, the land for 100 miles east, northeast and northwest of the city was dotted with construction of 150 <a href="/wiki/LGM-30_Minuteman" title="LGM-30 Minuteman">Minuteman</a> <a href="/wiki/Missile_silo" class="mw-redirect" title="Missile silo">missile silos</a> and 15 launch command centers. They were all deactivated in the early 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1949, city officials envisioned the city as a retail and wholesale trade center for the region. They developed a plan for growth that focused on a civic center, more downtown parking, new schools, and paved streets. A construction boom continued into the 1950s. Growth slowed in the 1960s. </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/Black_Hills_Flood_of_1972" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Hills Flood of 1972">Black Hills Flood of 1972</a>, the worst natural disaster in South Dakota history, a building boom took place over the next decade to replace damaged structures. On June 9, 1972, heavy rains caused massive flash flooding along Rapid Creek through the city, killing 238 people and destroying more than $100 million in property. In response to this devastation, Rapid City received an outpouring of private donations and millions of dollars in federal aid. It was able to complete a major part of its 1949 plan: clearing the area along the Rapid Creek and making the floodplain a public park. In other areas, new homes and businesses were constructed to replace those that had been destroyed. <a href="/wiki/Rushmore_Plaza_Civic_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Rushmore Plaza Civic Center">Rushmore Plaza Civic Center</a> and a new Central High School were built in part of the area that was cleared. The high school opened in 1978, with the graduating class that year attending classes in both the original school (housed in what is now Rapid City High School and community theater) and the new one. </p><p>The rebuilding generated construction and related jobs that partly insulated Rapid City from the drop in automotive tourism caused by the 1974 <a href="/wiki/Oil_Embargo" class="mw-redirect" title="Oil Embargo">Oil Embargo</a>, but tourism was depressed for most of a decade. In 1978, <a href="/wiki/Rushmore_Mall" class="mw-redirect" title="Rushmore Mall">Rushmore Mall</a> was built on the city's north edge, enhancing the city's status as a local retail center. </p><p>In 1980, the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court of the United States</a> ruled in <i><a href="/wiki/United_States_v._Sioux_Nation_of_Indians" title="United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians">United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians</a></i> that the federal government had not justly compensated the <a href="/wiki/Sioux" title="Sioux">Sioux</a> people for the <a href="/wiki/Black_Hills" title="Black Hills">Black Hills</a> when it unilaterally broke a treaty guaranteeing the Black Hills to them. As a result, the federal government offered a financial settlement, but the Lakota Sioux declined on the principle that the theft of their land should not be validated. They still demand the return of the land. The settlement funds accrue interest.<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> This land includes Rapid City, by far the largest modern settlement in the Black Hills. As of 2023, the dispute has not been settled. </p><p>In the 1980s, tourism increased again as the city hosted the annual <a href="/wiki/Sturgis_Motorcycle_Rally" title="Sturgis Motorcycle Rally">Sturgis Motorcycle Rally</a>; another decline occurred in the late 1990s. Fears that Ellsworth AFB would be closed under the BRAC review and base closure process in the 1990s and 2000s led to attempts to expand other sectors of the economy. Growth continued and the city expanded significantly during this period. </p><p>Today, Rapid City is South Dakota's primary city for tourism and recreation. With the federal government's approval of a <a href="/wiki/Deep_Underground_Science_and_Engineering_Laboratory" class="mw-redirect" title="Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory">Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Homestake_Mine_(South_Dakota)" title="Homestake Mine (South Dakota)">Homestake Mine</a> site in nearby <a href="/wiki/Lead,_South_Dakota" title="Lead, South Dakota">Lead</a>, Rapid City is primed for advancements in <a href="/wiki/Technology" title="Technology">technology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Medicine" title="Medicine">medicine</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Scientific" class="mw-redirect" title="Scientific">scientific</a> <a href="/wiki/Research" title="Research">research</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1972_Rapid_Creek_flood">1972 Rapid Creek flood</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1972 Rapid Creek flood"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1972_Black_Hills_flood" title="1972 Black Hills flood">1972 Black Hills flood</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rapid_City_SD_wea00703.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Rapid_City_SD_wea00703.jpg/220px-Rapid_City_SD_wea00703.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Rapid_City_SD_wea00703.jpg/330px-Rapid_City_SD_wea00703.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Rapid_City_SD_wea00703.jpg/440px-Rapid_City_SD_wea00703.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="456" /></a><figcaption>Cars thrown together by the 1972 flood</figcaption></figure> <p>On June 9–10, 1972, extremely heavy rains over the eastern <a href="/wiki/Black_Hills" title="Black Hills">Black Hills</a> of South Dakota produced record floods on Rapid Creek and other streams in the area. Nearly 15 inches (380 mm) of rain fell in about six hours near <a href="/wiki/Nemo,_South_Dakota" title="Nemo, South Dakota">Nemo</a>, and more than 10 inches (250 mm) of rain fell over an area of 60 square miles (160 km<sup>2</sup>). According to the <a href="/wiki/Red_Cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Cross">Red Cross</a>, the resulting peak floods (which occurred after dark) left 238 people dead and 3,057 people injured.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Total property destruction was estimated in excess of $160 million (about $964 million in 2018 dollars), which included 1,335 homes and 5,000 automobiles that were destroyed. The flood also nearly destroyed a popular children's park: <a href="/wiki/Story_Book_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Story Book Island">Story Book Island</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Runoff from this storm produced record floods (highest peak flows recorded) along Battle, Spring, Rapid, and Box Elder creeks. Smaller floods also occurred along Elk and <a href="/wiki/Bear_Butte" title="Bear Butte">Bear Butte</a> creeks. Canyon Lake Dam, on the west side of Rapid City, broke the night of the flood, unleashing a wall of water down the creek. The 1972 flooding has an estimated recurrence interval of 500 years,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which means that a flood of this magnitude will occur on average once every 500 years. Every year there is a 0.2% chance (1 in 500) that a similar event will occur. To prevent similar damage, the city has prohibited residential and business construction on its flood plain. Today the flood plain is used for civic functions such as golf courses, parks, sports arenas, and arboretums, based mostly on the landscape and temporary use by people. </p><p>In 2007, the <a href="/wiki/Rapid_City_Public_Library" title="Rapid City Public Library">Rapid City Public Library</a> created a 1972 Flood digital archive<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that collects survivors' stories, photos and news accounts of the flood. The Journey Museum has an interactive display on the 1972 flood; this is an ongoing project to give future generations the best idea of how the people were affected and what changes the city made as a result of the major losses of life and property. Plans include the memorialization of all those who died from the flood by the preparation of individual biographies, so they may be remembered more fully. </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=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rapid City is located in the shadow of <a href="/wiki/Black_Elk_Peak" title="Black Elk Peak">Black Elk Peak</a>, which at 7,242 feet (2,207 m), is the second highest point east of the <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mountains" title="Rocky Mountains">Rocky Mountains</a>, after Guadeloupe Peak in Texas at 8,571 feet. </p><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 55.129 square miles (142.78 km<sup>2</sup>), of which, 55.067 square miles (142.62 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 0.062 square miles (0.16 km<sup>2</sup>) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2023_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2023-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rapid City is located on the eastern edge of the Black Hills, and has developed on each side of the Dakota Hogback. Rapid City's "Westside" is located in the Red Valley between the foothills of the Black Hills proper and the Dakota Hogback, so named for the red Spearfish formation soils and the way the valley completely encircles the Black Hills. Rapid City has expanded into the foothills, with developments having been built on both ridges and in valleys developed, especially in the last 20 years. This arid edge area has a higher risk of wildfire, as shown by the Westberry Trails fire in 1988. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rapid_City,_South_Dakota_seen_from_Dinosaur_Park.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Rapid_City%2C_South_Dakota_seen_from_Dinosaur_Park.jpg/220px-Rapid_City%2C_South_Dakota_seen_from_Dinosaur_Park.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Rapid_City%2C_South_Dakota_seen_from_Dinosaur_Park.jpg/330px-Rapid_City%2C_South_Dakota_seen_from_Dinosaur_Park.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Rapid_City%2C_South_Dakota_seen_from_Dinosaur_Park.jpg/440px-Rapid_City%2C_South_Dakota_seen_from_Dinosaur_Park.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>View of the city from <a href="/wiki/Dinosaur_Park" title="Dinosaur Park">Dinosaur Park</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Skyline Drive follows the summits of the Dakota Hogback south from near Rapid Gap (where Rapid Creek cuts through the Hogback) to a large high plateau that forms the current south edge of Rapid City. The Central and Eastern portions of Rapid City lie in the wide valley of Rapid Creek outside the Hogback. It includes a number of mesas rising a hundred feet or more above the floodplain. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rapid_Creek">Rapid Creek</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Rapid Creek"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rapid Creek flows through Rapid City, emerging from Dark Canyon above Canyon Lake and flowing in a large arc north of downtown. It descends to the southeast where the valley widens. Since the flood damage of 1972, the city has prohibited most development in the <a href="/wiki/Floodplain" title="Floodplain">floodplain</a> of Rapid Creek. It has adapted this green space for public uses: a series of parks, arboretums, and bike trails, which have reconnected the city to the creek for residents. </p><p>To the north, a series of ridges separate Rapid Creek from Box Elder Creek. Both older and new residential areas and commercial areas have developed here, along <a href="/wiki/I-90_(SD)" class="mw-redirect" title="I-90 (SD)">I-90</a>. To the south, the terrain rises more steeply to the southern widening of the Dakota Hogback into a plateau dividing the Rapid Creek drainage from Spring Creek. </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=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Climate"><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:Rapid_City_from_Rapid_Valley_090604.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Rapid_City_from_Rapid_Valley_090604.jpg/220px-Rapid_City_from_Rapid_Valley_090604.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Rapid_City_from_Rapid_Valley_090604.jpg/330px-Rapid_City_from_Rapid_Valley_090604.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Rapid_City_from_Rapid_Valley_090604.jpg/440px-Rapid_City_from_Rapid_Valley_090604.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>View of southern Rapid City from the east after a rainstorm, including a view of <a href="/wiki/Black_Elk_Peak" title="Black Elk Peak">Black Elk Peak</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Black_Hills" title="Black Hills">Black Hills</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Rapid City features a temperate <a href="/wiki/Semi-arid_climate" title="Semi-arid climate">semi-arid climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a>: BSk) bordering on a <a href="/wiki/Hot-summer_humid_continental_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot-summer humid continental climate">hot-summer humid continental climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a>: Dwa), and is part of USDA <a href="/wiki/Hardiness_zone" title="Hardiness zone">Hardiness zone</a> 5b.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its location makes its climate unlike both the higher elevations of the Black Hills to the west and the Great Plains to the east. It is characterized by long arid summers and long dry winters, with short but distinct spring and autumn seasons. Precipitation averages 17.44 inches or 443.0 millimeters annually, but has historically ranged from 9.12 inches or 231.6 millimeters in 1974 to 27.70 inches or 703.6 millimeters in 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-NOWData_NWS_Rapid_City,_SD_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOWData_NWS_Rapid_City,_SD-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_txt_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA_txt-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Winters are cold and dry, with January being the coldest month with a daily mean temperature of 24.3 °F or −4.3 °C.<sup id="cite_ref-NOWData_NWS_Rapid_City,_SD_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOWData_NWS_Rapid_City,_SD-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_txt_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA_txt-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Chinook_wind" title="Chinook wind">Chinook winds</a> can warm temperatures above 50 °F or 10 °C, doing so on average about 20 times from December to February.<sup id="cite_ref-NOWData_NWS_Rapid_City,_SD_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOWData_NWS_Rapid_City,_SD-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_txt_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA_txt-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Temperature inversions, however, occasionally produce warmer temperatures in the Black Hills. On average, highs do not climb above freezing on 43 days, while the low temperature reaches 0 °F or −17.8 °C on an average of 18 nights.<sup id="cite_ref-NOWData_NWS_Rapid_City,_SD_20-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOWData_NWS_Rapid_City,_SD-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_txt_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA_txt-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Snowfall is frequent but usually not heavy; March and April are typically the snowiest months. The seasonal total averages 48.5 inches or 1.23 meters, although historically ranging from 16.9 inches or 0.43 meters during 1980–81 to 80.9 inches or 2.05 meters during 1985–86.<sup id="cite_ref-NOWData_NWS_Rapid_City,_SD_20-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOWData_NWS_Rapid_City,_SD-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_txt_21-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA_txt-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Extensive snow cover does not remain for long, with only nine days seasonally with 5 inches or 0.13 meters or more on the ground.<sup id="cite_ref-NOWData_NWS_Rapid_City,_SD_20-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOWData_NWS_Rapid_City,_SD-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_txt_21-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA_txt-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Measurable snow has occurred in every month except July.<sup id="cite_ref-NOWData_NWS_Rapid_City,_SD_20-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOWData_NWS_Rapid_City,_SD-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Compared to locations in the east, the area warms rather gradually early in the year, with the last measurable snow typically occurring in late April and precipitation totals beginning to increase; May snow occurs several times per decade. Toward the middle of the year, storms typically develop over the Black Hills during the afternoon and move onto the plains in the evening. Only in April through June have calendar-day precipitation amounts exceeding 3 inches or 76.2 millimeters been observed. June 15, 1963, with 3.78 inches or 96.0 millimeters, holds the single-day rainfall record;<sup id="cite_ref-NOWData_NWS_Rapid_City,_SD_20-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOWData_NWS_Rapid_City,_SD-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the record-wettest month is May 1996 with 8.18 inches or 207.8 millimeters.<sup id="cite_ref-NOWData_NWS_Rapid_City,_SD_20-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOWData_NWS_Rapid_City,_SD-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rapid City has an average of twenty clear to partly cloudy days<sup id="cite_ref-Weatherbase_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weatherbase-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 67% of its possible sunshine in June.<sup id="cite_ref-NOAAsun_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAAsun-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is the traditional "flood" season for Rapid and other creeks in the Eastern Hills. Temperatures warm rapidly as summer approaches. </p><p>Summer in Rapid City has relatively pleasant temperatures, and is relatively dry (following a wet spring), and relatively sunny. July is the warmest month of the year, having a daily mean temperature of 72.4 °F (22.4 °C).<sup id="cite_ref-NOWData_NWS_Rapid_City,_SD_20-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOWData_NWS_Rapid_City,_SD-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_txt_21-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA_txt-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An average of 32 days reach 90 °F (32.2 °C)+ highs and 5 with 100 °F (37.8 °C)+ highs.<sup id="cite_ref-NOWData_NWS_Rapid_City,_SD_20-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOWData_NWS_Rapid_City,_SD-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_txt_21-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA_txt-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to the elevation and aridity, lows rarely remain at or above 70 °F (21.1 °C) and during July and August fall to or below 50 °F or 10 °C on an average 7.6 days.<sup id="cite_ref-NOWData_NWS_Rapid_City,_SD_20-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOWData_NWS_Rapid_City,_SD-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rapid City records an average of nine thunderstorm days in August,<sup id="cite_ref-Weatherbase_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weatherbase-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but only 1.56 inches or 39.6 millimeters of rain in that month. </p><p>Fall is a transition season: the average first freeze occurs in Rapid City on October 4 and in the Black Hills in late August through September. The Rapid City area's first snowfall is usually in October, although higher elevations sometimes receive significant snow in September. Occasional cold fronts moving through the area bring blustery northwest winds. </p><p>Sunshine is abundant in the region in all months except December, averaging 2850 hours, 64% of the possible total, per year.<sup id="cite_ref-NOAAsun_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAAsun-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Official extreme temperatures range from −31 °F or −35 °C on February 2, 1996, up to 111 °F or 44 °C on July 15, 2006; the record low daily maximum is −18 °F or −28 °C on February 2, 1989, while the record high daily minimum is 75 °F or 24 °C on July 8, 1985, and July 28, 1960.<sup id="cite_ref-ThreadEx_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ThreadEx-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rapid City had the record for an extreme temperature drop of 47 °F or 26.1 °C, which was achieved on January 10, 1911, from 60 °F or 16 °C to 13 °F or −11 °C.<sup id="cite_ref-Handy_Weather_Answer_Book_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Handy_Weather_Answer_Book-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was due to the <a href="/wiki/Chinook_wind" title="Chinook wind">Chinook wind</a>, but record was lost to Spearfish, South Dakota, in 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for <a href="/wiki/Rapid_City_Regional_Airport" title="Rapid City Regional Airport">Rapid City Regional Airport</a>, South Dakota (1991−2020 normals,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> extremes 1942−present)<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76<br />(24) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75<br />(24) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84<br />(29) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">98<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">109<br />(43) </td> <td style="background: #DC0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">111<br />(44) </td> <td style="background: #F80000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">107<br />(42) </td> <td style="background: #FF0A00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">104<br />(40) </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: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75<br />(24) </td> <td style="background: #DC0000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">111<br />(44) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFAD5C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.3<br />(16.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFA449; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.8<br />(17.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.8<br />(23.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.6<br />(27.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87.8<br />(31.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95.1<br />(35.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF1600; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">100.7<br />(38.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF1A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">99.8<br />(37.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF2700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">96.4<br />(35.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86.3<br />(30.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8308; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.3<br />(22.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA56; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.0<br />(16.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF0F00; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">102.8<br />(39.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.0<br />(2.2) </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.1<br />(3.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.2<br />(9.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFBF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.6<br />(13.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9934; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.5<br />(19.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.6<br />(25.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86.4<br />(30.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.4<br />(29.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76.1<br />(24.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFB163; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.4<br />(15.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFE3C7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.3<br />(8.5) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.2<br />(2.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFB46A; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">59.6<br />(15.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #CFCFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.3<br />(−4.3) </td> <td style="background: #D4D4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.1<br />(−3.3) </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.4<br />(1.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFF0E2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.9<br />(6.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFC993; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.1<br />(12.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFA143; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.6<br />(18.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8308; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.4<br />(22.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8913; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.8<br />(21.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFAD5C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.3<br />(16.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4C9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.1<br />(8.4) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.6<br />(1.4) </td> <td style="background: #D3D3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.6<br />(−3.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFE5CC; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">46.7<br />(8.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #ACACFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.7<br />(−10.7) </td> <td style="background: #B0B0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.0<br />(−10.0) </td> <td style="background: #CACAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.6<br />(−5.2) </td> <td style="background: #E4E4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.2<br />(−0.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFF8F2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41.7<br />(5.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.6<br />(10.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFB872; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.5<br />(14.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFC184; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.2<br />(13.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.4<br />(8.0) </td> <td style="background: #EBEBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.7<br />(0.9) </td> <td style="background: #C8C8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.9<br />(−5.6) </td> <td style="background: #B0B0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.9<br />(−10.1) </td> <td style="background: #EBEBFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">33.7<br />(0.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #6A6AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−9.6<br />(−23.1) </td> <td style="background: #7070FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7.5<br />(−21.9) </td> <td style="background: #8C8CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.7<br />(−16.8) </td> <td style="background: #B6B6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.9<br />(−8.9) </td> <td style="background: #D7D7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.0<br />(−2.8) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.7<br />(4.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.2<br />(9.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.2<br />(7.3) </td> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.6<br />(−0.2) </td> <td style="background: #B3B3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.1<br />(−9.4) </td> <td style="background: #8C8CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.0<br />(−16.7) </td> <td style="background: #7070FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7.5<br />(−21.9) </td> <td style="background: #5353FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−17.2<br />(−27.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #3434FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−27<br />(−33) </td> <td style="background: #2929FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−31<br />(−35) </td> <td style="background: #4A4AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−21<br />(−29) </td> <td style="background: #8585FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1<br />(−18) </td> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18<br />(−8) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31<br />(−1) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39<br />(4) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37<br />(3) </td> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18<br />(−8) </td> <td style="background: #6F6FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7<br />(−22) </td> <td style="background: #4F4FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−19<br />(−28) </td> <td style="background: #2F2FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−30<br />(−34) </td> <td style="background: #2929FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−31<br />(−35) </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: #F3FFF3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.31<br />(7.9) </td> <td style="background: #E9FFE9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.50<br />(13) </td> <td style="background: #DCFFDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.91<br />(23) </td> <td style="background: #ADFFAD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.08<br />(53) </td> <td style="background: #7BFF7B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.45<br />(88) </td> <td style="background: #8EFF8E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.87<br />(73) </td> <td style="background: #A8FFA8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.28<br />(58) </td> <td style="background: #C3FFC3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.59<br />(40) </td> <td style="background: #CFFFCF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.22<br />(31) </td> <td style="background: #C9FFC9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.41<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #ECFFEC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.47<br />(12) </td> <td style="background: #F1FFF1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.35<br />(8.9) </td> <td style="background: #C6FFC6; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">17.44<br />(443) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall inches (cm) </th> <td style="background: #3D3DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">5.3<br />(13) </td> <td style="background: #0000B6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">7.7<br />(20) </td> <td style="background: #0000C5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">8.4<br />(21) </td> <td style="background: #00006D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">10.1<br />(26) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.5<br />(3.8) </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: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1<br />(0.25) </td> <td style="background: #8D8DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.0<br />(7.6) </td> <td style="background: #2727FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">5.7<br />(14) </td> <td style="background: #0101FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">6.7<br />(17) </td> <td style="background: #6363FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">48.5<br />(123) </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: #B8B8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.7 </td> <td style="background: #A5A5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.6 </td> <td style="background: #A8A8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.0 </td> <td style="background: #7979FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5 </td> <td style="background: #6363FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.6 </td> <td style="background: #5F5FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.5 </td> <td style="background: #8686FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8 </td> <td style="background: #9D9DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9 </td> <td style="background: #AAAAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.6 </td> <td style="background: #A7A7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.1 </td> <td style="background: #BDBDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.1 </td> <td style="background: #C1C1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.0 </td> <td style="background: #9A9AFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">96.4 </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: #B3B3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.1 </td> <td style="background: #9E9EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.1 </td> <td style="background: #CCCCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.1 </td> <td style="background: #C8C8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.3 </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.4 </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: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #EAEAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.7 </td> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.6 </td> <td style="background: #BCBCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.4 </td> <td style="background: #DCDCFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">32.8 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0C0CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">63.5 </td> <td style="background: #0606FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">65.1 </td> <td style="background: #0A0AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">63.8 </td> <td style="background: #1E1EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">58.6 </td> <td style="background: #1616FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">60.8 </td> <td style="background: #1212FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">61.9 </td> <td style="background: #2828FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">56.2 </td> <td style="background: #3535FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">52.6 </td> <td style="background: #3232FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">53.5 </td> <td style="background: #2F2FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">54.2 </td> <td style="background: #1111FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">62.2 </td> <td style="background: #0707FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">64.8 </td> <td style="background: #1A1AFF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">59.8 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #CACA00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">163.5 </td> <td style="background: #D5D500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">174.0 </td> <td style="background: #DFDF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">233.9 </td> <td style="background: #E4E400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">246.9 </td> <td style="background: #E8E800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">274.3 </td> <td style="background: #F3F316; color:#000000;" class="notheme">310.5 </td> <td style="background: #F6F61E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">335.5 </td> <td style="background: #F3F318; color:#000000;" class="notheme">323.8 </td> <td style="background: #E7E700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">261.9 </td> <td style="background: #DDDD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">226.0 </td> <td style="background: #C9C900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">156.6 </td> <td style="background: #C4C40D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">149.9 </td> <td style="background: #E1E100; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,856.8 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Percent <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">possible sunshine</a> </th> <td style="background: #FFFF4F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF57; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF68; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF5B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF78; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF8C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF99; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF84; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF74; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF43; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF43; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF6C; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">64 </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> (relative humidity and sun 1961−1990)<sup id="cite_ref-NOWData_NWS_Rapid_City,_SD_20-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOWData_NWS_Rapid_City,_SD-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ThreadEx_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ThreadEx-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NOAAsun_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAAsun-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<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=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=6" 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/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>939</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>2,128</td><td></td><td>126.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>1,342</td><td></td><td>−36.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>3,454</td><td></td><td>157.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>5,777</td><td></td><td>67.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>10,464</td><td></td><td>81.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>13,844</td><td></td><td>32.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>25,312</td><td></td><td>82.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>42,390</td><td></td><td>67.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>43,846</td><td></td><td>3.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>46,492</td><td></td><td>6.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>54,523</td><td></td><td>17.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>59,607</td><td></td><td>9.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>67,956</td><td></td><td>14.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>74,703</td><td></td><td>9.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2023 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">79,404</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-USCensusEst2023_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusEst2023-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>6.3%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />2020 Census<sup id="cite_ref-2020_Census_(City)_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020_Census_(City)-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_census">2020 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2020 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption><b>Rapid City, South Dakota – Racial Composition</b><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(NH = Non-Hispanic)<br /><small><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><i>Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.</i></span></small> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race </th> <th>Number </th> <th>Percentage </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino whites">White</a> (NH) </td> <td>54,444 </td> <td>72.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_African_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans">Black or African American</a> (NH) </td> <td>1,080 </td> <td>1.4% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> or <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Native" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Native">Alaska Native</a> (NH) </td> <td>9,221 </td> <td>12.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a> (NH) </td> <td>1,188 </td> <td>1.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_Americans" title="Pacific Islander Americans">Pacific Islander</a> (NH) </td> <td>45 </td> <td>0.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Some_Other_Race" class="mw-redirect" title="Some Other Race">Some Other Race</a> (NH) </td> <td>250 </td> <td>0.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">Mixed/Multi-Racial</a> (NH) </td> <td>4,513 </td> <td>6.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> </td> <td>3,962 </td> <td>5.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>74,703</b> </td> <td><b>100.0%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>, there were 74,703 people, and 31,261 households, and 17,755 families residing in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 1,365.7 inhabitants per square mile (527.3/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 33,544 housing units. The racial makeup of the city was 74.6% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 1.5% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 13.2% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 1.6% <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>, 1.2% from <a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_census" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States census">some other races</a> and 7.8% from <a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">two or more races</a>. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> of any race were 5.3% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 22.0% of residents were under the age of 18, 6.2% were under 5 years of age, and 20.0% were 65 and older. </p> <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=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2010 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010 census</a>, there were 67,956 people, 28,586 households, and 16,957 families residing in the city. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 1,226.5 inhabitants per square mile (473.6/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 30,254 housing units at an average density of 546.0 per square mile (210.8/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 80.4% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 1.1% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 12.4% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 1.0% <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>, 0.7% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (U.S. Census)">other races</a>, and 4.1% 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 28,586 households, of which 29.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.2% were <a href="/wiki/Married_couples" class="mw-redirect" title="Married couples">married couples</a> living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 40.7% were non-families. 32.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.90. </p><p>The median age in the city was 35.6 years. 23.9% of residents were under the age of 18; 10.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.7% were from 25 to 44; 25% were from 45 to 64; and 14.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.5% male and 50.5% 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=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2000 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000 census</a>, there were 59,607 people, 23,969 households, and 15,220 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,336.7 inhabitants per square mile (516.1/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 25,096 housing units at an average density of 562.8 per square mile (217.3/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 84.33% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 0.97% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 10.14% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 1.0% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.06% <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 0.73% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 2.77% 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 2.77% of the population. </p><p>There were 23,969 households, out of which 31.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.7% were <a href="/wiki/Married_couples" class="mw-redirect" title="Married couples">married couples</a> living together, 12.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.5% were non-families. 29.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.96. </p><p>In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.3% under the age of 18, 11.8% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.6 males. </p><p>As of 2000 the median income for a household in the city was $35,978, and the median income for a family was $44,818. Males had a median income of $30,985 versus $21,913 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the city was $19,445. About 9.4% of families and 12.7% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 17.6% of those under age 18 and 6.9% of those age 65 or over. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Statistical_area">Statistical area</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Statistical area"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The population of the Rapid City metropolitan statistical area (<a href="/wiki/Pennington_County,_South_Dakota" title="Pennington County, South Dakota">Pennington</a> and <a href="/wiki/Meade_County,_South_Dakota" title="Meade County, South Dakota">Meade</a> Counties) was 139,074 at the 2020 census. Rapid City is also included in the <a href="/wiki/Rapid_City,_South_Dakota_metropolitan_area" title="Rapid City, South Dakota metropolitan area">Rapid City-Spearfish combined statistical area</a>, which, with the addition of <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_County,_South_Dakota" title="Lawrence County, South Dakota">Lawrence County</a>, had a 2020 census population of 164,842. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rapid City's economy is diverse, but industry is a small portion. Heavy and medium industrial activities include a <a href="/wiki/Portland_cement" title="Portland cement">Portland cement</a> plant (constructed and owned for 84 years<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by the State of South Dakota and sold in 2003 to Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua, or GCC, a Mexican-based conglomerate); <a href="/wiki/Black_Hills_Ammunition" title="Black Hills Ammunition">Black Hills Ammunition</a>, an ammunition and reloading supplies manufacturing company; several custom sawmills, a lime plant, a computer peripheral component manufacturing plant, and several farm and ranch equipment manufacturers. Of particular note, this city is the center for the manufacture of <a href="/wiki/Black_Hills_gold_jewelry" title="Black Hills gold jewelry">Black Hills gold jewelry</a>, a popular product with tourists and Westerners in general. The city is the site of the only American manufacturer of stamping machines used for the labeling of plywood and chipboard products. </p><p>Most gold mining has ceased in the Black Hills and was never conducted in or near Rapid City. Regional mining operations include for sand and gravel, as well as the raw materials for <a href="/wiki/Lime_(mineral)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lime (mineral)">lime</a> and Portland cement (including chemical-grade <a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">limestone</a>, taconite iron ore, and gypsum) remains an important part of the economy. </p><p>The largest sector of the Rapid City economy is government services, including local, state, and federal. Major employers include <a href="/wiki/Ellsworth_Air_Force_Base" title="Ellsworth Air Force Base">Ellsworth Air Force Base</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Economy_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Economy-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> home of the <a href="/wiki/28th_Bomb_Wing" title="28th Bomb Wing">28th Bomb Wing</a> flying the <a href="/wiki/B-1B" class="mw-redirect" title="B-1B">B-1B</a> long-range bomber; the <a href="/wiki/Army_National_Guard" title="Army National Guard">Army National Guard</a> based at <a href="/wiki/Camp_Rapid" title="Camp Rapid">Camp Rapid</a> and hosting annual exercises in the Black Hills, drawing troops from five to ten states; and various federal agencies, including the <a href="/wiki/National_Park_Service" title="National Park Service">National Park Service</a>, <a href="/wiki/US_Forest_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="US Forest Service">US Forest Service</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Indian_Health_Service" title="Indian Health Service">Indian Health Service</a>. </p><p>Monument Health covers one of the largest geographic service areas in the United States. The health care sector employs more than 8,000 persons in the Rapid City area.<sup id="cite_ref-Economy_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Economy-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tourism constitutes a major portion of the Rapid City economy,<sup id="cite_ref-Economy_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Economy-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> due to the proximity of <a href="/wiki/Mount_Rushmore" title="Mount Rushmore">Mount Rushmore</a>, Sturgis, home of the <a href="/wiki/Sturgis_Motorcycle_Rally" title="Sturgis Motorcycle Rally">Sturgis Motorcycle Rally</a>; <a href="/wiki/Deadwood,_South_Dakota" title="Deadwood, South Dakota">Deadwood</a>, and other attractions in the Black Hills. This city provides most services for the Motorcycle Rally. Prepared to satisfy the Rally's demand for motel rooms, camp sites, and other services for tourists during the first week of August, Rapid City has the capacity to host other large events, such as conventions, and numerous associated tourists year-round. Various minor tourist attractions, including wildlife parks, specialty shops, caves, water parks, private museums, and other businesses are found in and near Rapid City. </p><p>Other economic sectors include financial service, insurance and investing companies. As noted, the city has a strong medical services sector, and several institutions of higher education. Rapid City is also the major market town for much of five states, drawing commerce from more than half of South Dakota, and large portions of <a href="/wiki/North_Dakota" title="North Dakota">North Dakota</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montana" title="Montana">Montana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wyoming" title="Wyoming">Wyoming</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Panhandle" class="mw-redirect" title="Nebraska Panhandle">Nebraska Panhandle</a>. </p><p>The real compound annual growth rate of the <a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">gross domestic product</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Rapid_City_Metropolitan_Statistical_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Rapid City Metropolitan Statistical Area">Rapid City Metropolitan Statistical Area</a> was 2.6% for 2001–2013.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arts_and_culture">Arts and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Arts and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Places_of_interest">Places of interest</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Places of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dinosaur_Park" title="Dinosaur Park">Dinosaur Park</a></li> <li>Berlin Wall in Memorial Park</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Journey_Museum_and_Gardens" class="mw-redirect" title="The Journey Museum and Gardens">The Journey Museum and Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rushmore_Mall" class="mw-redirect" title="Rushmore Mall">Rushmore Mall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Story_Book_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Story Book Island">Story Book Island</a></li> <li>Main Street Square<sup id="cite_ref-staff_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-staff-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cultural_resources">Cultural resources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Cultural resources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Journey_Museum_and_Learning_Center" title="The Journey Museum and Learning Center">The Journey Museum and Learning Center</a></li> <li>Museum of Geology<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Dahl Arts Center<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Suzie Cappa Art Center<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Monument_(Rapid_City,_South_Dakota)" title="The Monument (Rapid City, South Dakota)">The Monument</a></li> <li>Black Hills Playhouse<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Story_book_Island&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Story book Island (page does not exist)">Storybook Island</a> Theater</li> <li>Art Alley Gallery<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Performing Arts Center of Rapid City<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Black Hills Community Theatre<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Hills_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Black Hills Symphony Orchestra">Black Hills Symphony Orchestra</a></li> <li>Black Hills Chamber Orchestra</li> <li>Prairie Edge Art Gallery<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chapel_in_the_Hills" title="Chapel in the Hills">Chapel in the Hills</a></li> <li>Main Street Square<sup id="cite_ref-staff_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-staff-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> <p>Rapid City has invested in public sculptures, notably "The City of Presidents" series of life-sized bronze statues depicting each former <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a>, located on street corners in the downtown area.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Library">Library</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Library"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rapid_City_Public_Library_(April_2007).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Rapid_City_Public_Library_%28April_2007%29.jpg/220px-Rapid_City_Public_Library_%28April_2007%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Rapid_City_Public_Library_%28April_2007%29.jpg/330px-Rapid_City_Public_Library_%28April_2007%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Rapid_City_Public_Library_%28April_2007%29.jpg/440px-Rapid_City_Public_Library_%28April_2007%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Rapid_City_Public_Library" title="Rapid City Public Library">Rapid City Public Library</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Rapid_City_Public_Library" title="Rapid City Public Library">Rapid City Public Library</a> is a major resource for education.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Active_teams">Active teams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Active teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Rapid_City_Rush" title="Rapid City Rush">Rapid City Rush</a> is a minor league ice hockey team in the <a href="/wiki/ECHL" title="ECHL">ECHL</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Legion_Baseball" title="American Legion Baseball">American Legion Baseball</a> has two teams, Post 22 and Post 320.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Expedition_League" title="Expedition League">Expedition League</a>, a summer collegiate baseball league, is headquartered in Rapid City, although no teams currently play there.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Champions_Indoor_Football" title="Champions Indoor Football">Champions Indoor Football</a> league <a href="/wiki/Rapid_City_Marshals" title="Rapid City Marshals">Rapid City Marshals</a> began playing in Rapid City in 2022</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Defunct_teams">Defunct teams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Defunct teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Black_Hills_Posse" title="Black Hills Posse">Black Hills Posse</a> was a professional basketball club that competed in the <a href="/wiki/International_Basketball_Association" title="International Basketball Association">International Basketball Association</a> beginning in the 1995–96 season.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Black_Hills_Gold" title="Black Hills Gold">Black Hills Gold</a> was a professional basketball club that competed in the International Basketball Association during the 1999–2000 season.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Rapid_City_Flying_Aces" title="Rapid City Flying Aces">Rapid City Flying Aces</a> were an <a href="/wiki/Indoor_American_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Indoor American football">indoor football</a> team that competed between 2000 and 2006 in the <a href="/wiki/Indoor_Football_League_(1999%E2%80%932000)" title="Indoor Football League (1999–2000)">Indoor Football League</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Indoor_Football" title="United Indoor Football">United Indoor Football</a>, and <a href="/wiki/National_Indoor_Football_League" title="National Indoor Football League">National Indoor Football League</a>, changing names from season to season.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Rapid_City_Thrillers" title="Rapid City Thrillers">Rapid City Thrillers</a> were a professional basketball club that competed in the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Basketball_Association" title="Continental Basketball Association">Continental Basketball Association</a> beginning in the 1987–88 season through the 1996–97 season.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_teams_and_events">Other teams and events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Other teams and events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Rapid City has two public high schools who field teams that compete in the <a href="/wiki/SDHSAA" class="mw-redirect" title="SDHSAA">SDHSAA</a>, as well as two private schools.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_Mines_Hardrockers" title="South Dakota Mines Hardrockers">South Dakota Mines Hardrockers</a> field 13 total varsity sports that compete at the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">NCAA Division II</a> level in the <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_Athletic_Conference" title="Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference">Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Lakota_Nation_Invitational" title="Lakota Nation Invitational">Lakota Nation Invitational</a> has been held annually at the <a href="/wiki/Rushmore_Plaza_Civic_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Rushmore Plaza Civic Center">Rushmore Plaza Civic Center</a> since 1979.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rapid City institutions of higher education include the <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_School_of_Mines_and_Technology" title="South Dakota School of Mines and Technology">South Dakota School of Mines and Technology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oglala_Lakota_College" title="Oglala Lakota College">Oglala Lakota College</a>'s He Sapa College Center, <a href="/wiki/Black_Hills_State_University" title="Black Hills State University">Black Hills State University</a> - Rapid City University Center (includes classes and degrees through five other South Dakota post-secondary Institutions), <a href="/wiki/National_American_University" title="National American University">National American University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Western_Dakota_Technical_Institute" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Dakota Technical Institute">Western Dakota Technical Institute</a>, Black Hills Beauty College, <a href="/wiki/John_Witherspoon_College" title="John Witherspoon College">John Witherspoon College</a>, and several small sectarian preacher training schools. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Black_Hills_State_University" title="Black Hills State University">Black Hills State University</a> is located in nearby <a href="/wiki/Spearfish,_South_Dakota" title="Spearfish, South Dakota">Spearfish</a> and offers several classes in Rapid City. A South Dakota State University nurse training program is based in Rapid City. </p><p>In 2013, 26.6% of Rapid City residents 25 or older had earned a bachelor's degree or higher.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is on par with the average <a href="/wiki/Educational_attainment_in_the_United_States" title="Educational attainment in the United States">educational attainment in the United States</a>. The highest rates of educational attainment in South Dakota can be found in metropolitan areas of Rapid City and Sioux Falls. </p><p>All of the city area, except for the airport territory, is within the <a href="/wiki/Rapid_City_Area_Schools" title="Rapid City Area Schools">Rapid City Area Schools</a> <a href="/wiki/School_district" title="School district">school district</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-USCensusBureauSDMap2020_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusBureauSDMap2020-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are three high schools within the district: <a href="/wiki/Rapid_City_Central_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Rapid City Central High School">Rapid City Central High School</a>; <a href="/wiki/Stevens_High_School_(South_Dakota)" title="Stevens High School (South Dakota)">Stevens High School</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Rapid_City_High_School" title="Rapid City High School">Rapid City High School</a>, which also houses the Performing Arts Center. The middle schools include East, North, South, Southwest, and West. There are 16 elementary schools within the district. These are Black Hawk, Canyon Lake, Corral Drive, General Beadle, Grandview, Horace Mann, Kibben Kuster, Knollwood Heights, Meadowbrook, Pinedale, Rapid Valley, Robbinsdale, South Canyon, South Park, Valley View, and Woodrow Wilson.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The area containing the airport is in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Douglas_School_District_51-1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Douglas School District 51-1 (page does not exist)">Douglas School District 51-1</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-USCensusBureauSDMap2020_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusBureauSDMap2020-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are also various private schools in Rapid City. The city has four Christian high schools: <a href="/wiki/St._Thomas_More_High_School_(South_Dakota)" title="St. Thomas More High School (South Dakota)">Saint Thomas More</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rapid_City_Christian_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Rapid City Christian High School">Rapid City Christian High School</a>, Liberty Baptist Academy, and Open Bible Christian School. Rapid City also has various private grade schools, including St. Paul's Lutheran School of the <a href="/wiki/WELS" class="mw-redirect" title="WELS">WELS</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="AM_radio">AM radio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: AM radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th align="center" colspan="6"><b><a href="/wiki/AM_radio" class="mw-redirect" title="AM radio">AM radio</a> stations</b> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Frequency</th> <th>Call sign</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Format</th> <th>Owner</th> <th>City of License</th> <th>Broadcast Market </th></tr> <tr> <td>580 AM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KZMX_(AM)" title="KZMX (AM)">KZMX</a></td> <td>580 Country</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">Country</a></td> <td>Mt. Rushmore Broadcasting, Inc.</td> <td>Hot Springs</td> <td>Rapid City </td></tr> <tr> <td>810 AM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KBHB" title="KBHB">KBHB</a></td> <td>Five State Ranch Radio</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Farm" title="Farm">Farm</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/HomeSlice_Media_Group,_LLC" class="mw-redirect" title="HomeSlice Media Group, LLC">HomeSlice Media Group, LLC</a></td> <td>Sturgis</td> <td>Rapid City </td></tr> <tr> <td>920 AM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KKLS_(AM)" title="KKLS (AM)">KKLS</a></td> <td>The Cowboy</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Classic_Country" class="mw-redirect" title="Classic Country">Classic Country</a></td> <td>HomeSlice Media Group, LLC</td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Rapid City </td></tr> <tr> <td>980 AM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KDSJ" title="KDSJ">KDSJ</a></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oldies" title="Oldies">Oldies</a></td> <td>Goldrush Broadcasting, Inc.</td> <td>Deadwood</td> <td>Rapid City </td></tr> <tr> <td>1150 AM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KIMM_(AM)" title="KIMM (AM)">KIMM</a></td> <td>Fox Sports Rapid City</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sports_radio" title="Sports radio">Sports</a></td> <td>Gunslinger Radio, Inc.</td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Rapid City </td></tr> <tr> <td>1340 AM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KTOQ" title="KTOQ">KTOQ</a></td> <td>ESPN Rapid City</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sports_radio" title="Sports radio">Sports</a></td> <td>Haugo Broadcasting, Inc.</td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Rapid City </td></tr> <tr> <td>1380 AM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KOTA_(AM)" title="KOTA (AM)">KOTA</a></td> <td>News Radio KOTA</td> <td><a href="/wiki/News/Talk" class="mw-redirect" title="News/Talk">News/Talk</a></td> <td>Riverfront Broadcasting</td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Rapid City </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="FM_radio">FM radio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: FM radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th align="center" colspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/FM_radio" class="mw-redirect" title="FM radio">FM radio</a> stations</b> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Frequency</th> <th>Call sign</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Format</th> <th>Owner</th> <th>Target city/<a href="/wiki/Media_market" title="Media market">market</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/City_of_license" title="City of license">City of license</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td>88.3 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KLMP" title="KLMP">KLMP</a></td> <td>The Light</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christian_radio" title="Christian radio">Christian</a></td> <td>Bethesda Christian Broadcasting</td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Rapid City </td></tr> <tr> <td>88.7 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/K204FB" class="mw-redirect" title="K204FB">K204FB</a></td> <td>KILI-FM </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Community_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="Community Radio">Community Radio</a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/KILI-FM" class="mw-redirect" title="KILI-FM">KILI-FM</a> <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_translator" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadcast translator">translator</a></small></td> <td>Lakota Communications Inc.</td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Rapid City </td></tr> <tr> <td>89.3 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KBHE" class="mw-redirect" title="KBHE">KBHE</a></td> <td>South Dakota Public Broadcasting</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NPR" title="NPR">NPR</a></td> <td>SD Board of Directors for Educational Telecommunications</td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Rapid City </td></tr> <tr> <td>89.9 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KJRC" title="KJRC">KJRC</a></td> <td>Real Presence Radio</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic Radio">Catholic Radio</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Real_Presence_Radio" title="Real Presence Radio">Real Presence Radio</a></td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Rapid City </td></tr> <tr> <td>90.3 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Family_Radio" title="American Family Radio">KASD</a></td> <td>Bott Radio Network</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christian_radio" title="Christian radio">Christian</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bott_Radio_Network" title="Bott Radio Network">Bott Radio Network</a></td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Rapid City </td></tr> <tr> <td>91.3 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KTEQ-FM" title="KTEQ-FM">KTEQ-FM</a></td> <td>K-Tech</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alternative_rock" title="Alternative rock">Alternative</a></td> <td>South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Educational Radio Council</td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Rapid City </td></tr> <tr> <td>91.7 FM</td> <td>K218DX</td> <td>CSN International</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christian_radio" title="Christian radio">Christian</a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/CSN_International" title="CSN International">KAWZ-FM</a> <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_translator" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadcast translator">translator</a></small></td> <td><a href="/wiki/CSN_International" title="CSN International">CSN International</a></td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Box Elder </td></tr> <tr> <td>92.3 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KQRQ-FM" class="mw-redirect" title="KQRQ-FM">KQRQ-FM</a></td> <td>Q92.3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Classic_Hits" class="mw-redirect" title="Classic Hits">Classic Hits</a></td> <td>Riverfront Broadcasting</td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Rapid City </td></tr> <tr> <td>93.1 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KRCS" title="KRCS">KRCS</a></td> <td>Hot 93.1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Top_40" title="Top 40">Top 40</a></td> <td>HomeSlice Media Group, LLC</td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Sturgis </td></tr> <tr> <td>93.9 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KKMK" title="KKMK">KKMK</a></td> <td>93.9 The Mix</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hot_AC" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot AC">Hot AC</a></td> <td>HomeSlice Media Group, LLC</td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Rapid City </td></tr> <tr> <td>94.7 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/K234BR" class="mw-redirect" title="K234BR">K234BR</a></td> <td>Real Presence Radio</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic Radio">Catholic Radio</a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/KJRC" title="KJRC">KJRC</a> <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_translator" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadcast translator">Translator</a></small></td> <td>Real Presence Radio</td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Rapid City </td></tr> <tr> <td>95.1 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KSQY" title="KSQY">KSQY</a></td> <td>K-Sky</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Album-Oriented_Rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Album-Oriented Rock">Album-Oriented Rock</a></td> <td>Haugo Broadcasting, Inc.</td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Deadwood </td></tr> <tr> <td>95.9 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KZZI" title="KZZI">KZZI</a></td> <td>The Eagle</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">Country</a></td> <td>Riverfront Broadcasting</td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Belle Fourche </td></tr> <tr> <td>96.3 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/K242BK" class="mw-redirect" title="K242BK">K242BK</a></td> <td>The Eagle</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">Country</a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/KZZI" title="KZZI">KZZI</a> <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_translator" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadcast translator">Translator</a></small></td> <td>Riverfront Broadcasting</td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Rapid City </td></tr> <tr> <td>97.1 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KFND-LP" class="mw-redirect" title="KFND-LP">KFND-LP</a></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Religious" class="mw-redirect" title="Religious">Religious</a></td> <td>Calvary Chapel of the Black Hills</td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Rapid City </td></tr> <tr> <td>97.5 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/K248BT" class="mw-redirect" title="K248BT">K248BT</a></td> <td>Hot 93.1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Top_40" title="Top 40">Top 40</a> <br /><small><a href="/wiki/KRCS" title="KRCS">KRCS</a> <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_translator" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadcast translator">Translator</a></small></td> <td>HomeSlice Media Group, LLC</td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Rapid City </td></tr> <tr> <td>97.9 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KVPC" title="KVPC">KVPC</a></td> <td>VCY America</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christian_radio" title="Christian radio">Christian</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/VCY_America,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="VCY America, Inc.">VCY America, Inc.</a></td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Rapid City </td></tr> <tr> <td>98.7 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KOUT" title="KOUT">KOUT</a></td> <td>Kat Country 98.7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">Country</a></td> <td>HomeSlice Media Group, LLC</td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Rapid City </td></tr> <tr> <td>99.5 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KRKI-FM1" class="mw-redirect" title="KRKI-FM1">KRKI-FM1</a></td> <td>99-5/107-9 True Country</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Classic_Country" class="mw-redirect" title="Classic Country">Classic Country</a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/KRKI" title="KRKI">KRKI-FM</a> <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_relay_station" title="Broadcast relay station">booster</a></small></td> <td>Bad Lands Broadcasting</td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Rapid City </td></tr> <tr> <td>100.3 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KFXS" title="KFXS">KFXS</a></td> <td>100.3 The Fox</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Classic_Rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Classic Rock">Classic Rock</a></td> <td>HomeSlice Media Group, LLC</td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Rapid City </td></tr> <tr> <td>100.7 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/K264CP" class="mw-redirect" title="K264CP">K264CP</a></td> <td>News Radio KOTA</td> <td><a href="/wiki/News/Talk" class="mw-redirect" title="News/Talk">News/Talk</a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/KOTA_(AM)" title="KOTA (AM)">KOTA-AM</a> <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_relay_station" title="Broadcast relay station">Translator</a></small></td> <td>Riverfront Broadcasting</td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Rapid City </td></tr> <tr> <td>101.1 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KDDX" title="KDDX">KDDX</a></td> <td>X-Rock</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Active_Rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Active Rock">Active Rock</a></td> <td>Riverfront Broadcasting</td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Spearfish </td></tr> <tr> <td>101.9 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KFMH-FM1" class="mw-redirect" title="KFMH-FM1">KFMH-FM1</a></td> <td>Kool 101.9</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oldies" title="Oldies">Oldies</a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/KFMH" title="KFMH">KFMH-FM</a> <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_relay_station" title="Broadcast relay station">booster</a></small></td> <td>Bad Lands Broadcasting</td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Rapid City </td></tr> <tr> <td>102.7 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KXMZ" title="KXMZ">KXMZ</a></td> <td>Hits 102.7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hot_AC" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot AC">Hot AC</a></td> <td>Haugo Broadcasting, Inc.</td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Box Elder </td></tr> <tr> <td>103.5 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/K278AN" class="mw-redirect" title="K278AN">K278AN</a></td> <td>X-Rock</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Active_Rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Active Rock">Active Rock</a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/KDDX-FM" class="mw-redirect" title="KDDX-FM">KDDX-FM</a> <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_translator" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadcast translator">translator</a></small></td> <td>Riverfront Broadcasting</td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Rapid City </td></tr> <tr> <td>104.1 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KIQK" title="KIQK">KIQK</a></td> <td>Kick 104</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">Country</a></td> <td>Haugo Broadcasting, Inc.</td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Rapid City </td></tr> <tr> <td>104.7 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/K284BA" class="mw-redirect" title="K284BA">K284BA</a></td> <td>The Cowboy</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Classic_Country" class="mw-redirect" title="Classic Country">Classic Country</a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/KKLS_(AM)" title="KKLS (AM)">KKLS-AM</a> <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_relay_station" title="Broadcast relay station">Translator</a></small> </td> <td>HomeSlice Media Group, LLC</td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Rapid City </td></tr> <tr> <td>105.7 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/K289AI" class="mw-redirect" title="K289AI">K289AI</a></td> <td>ESPN Rapid City</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sports_radio" title="Sports radio">Sports</a></td> <td>Haugo Broadcasting, Inc.</td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Rapid City </td></tr> <tr> <td>106.3 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KZLK" title="KZLK">KZLK</a></td> <td>Z106.3</td> <td>1980s</td> <td>Riverfront Broadcasting</td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Rapid City </td></tr> <tr> <td>106.7 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/K294BT" class="mw-redirect" title="K294BT">K294BT</a></td> <td>Fox Sports Rapid City</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sports" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports">Sports</a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/KIMM_(AM)" title="KIMM (AM)">KIMM-AM</a> <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_relay_station" title="Broadcast relay station">Translator</a></small></td> <td>Black Hills Broadcasting, L.L.C.</td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Rapid City </td></tr> <tr> <td>107.1 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KSLT" title="KSLT">KSLT</a></td> <td>Power 107.1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Contemporary" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian Contemporary">Christian Contemporary</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Media" title="Northwestern Media">Northwestern Media</a></td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Spearfish </td></tr> <tr> <td>107.9 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KXZT" title="KXZT">KXZT</a></td> <td>99-5/107-9 True Country </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">Country</a></td> <td>Bad Lands Broadcasting</td> <td>Rapid City</td> <td>Newell </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" 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9.4 <a href="/wiki/PBS_Kids" title="PBS Kids">PBS Kids</a> (ATSC 26)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KCLO-TV" title="KCLO-TV">KCLO-TV</a> 15 <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>, 15.2 <a href="/wiki/The_CW_Plus" title="The CW Plus">CW</a>, 15.3 <a href="/wiki/Ion_Television" title="Ion Television">Ion Television</a>, 15.4 <a href="/wiki/Court_TV_Mystery" class="mw-redirect" title="Court TV Mystery">Court TV Mystery</a> (ATSC 16)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KNBN" title="KNBN">KNBN</a> 21 <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>, 21.2 <a href="/w/index.php?title=MyNetworkTV/YouTube_America&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="MyNetworkTV/YouTube America (page does not exist)">MyNetworkTV/YouTube America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KHME" title="KHME">KHME</a> 23 <a href="/wiki/MeTV" title="MeTV">MeTV</a>, 23.2 <a href="/wiki/Heroes_%26_Icons" title="Heroes & Icons">Heroes & Icons</a>, 23.3 <a href="/wiki/Start_TV" title="Start TV">Start TV</a>, 23.4 <a href="/wiki/Catchy_Comedy" title="Catchy Comedy">Catchy Comedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KRPC-LP" class="mw-redirect" title="KRPC-LP">KRPC-LP</a> 33 <a href="/wiki/Heartland_(TV_network)" title="Heartland (TV network)">Heartland</a>, 33.2 <a href="/wiki/Retro_TV" title="Retro TV">Retro TV</a>, 33.3 <a href="/wiki/Rev%27n" title="Rev'n">Rev'n</a>, 33.4 Action Channel, 33.5 <a href="/wiki/The_Family_Channel_(American_TV_network,_founded_2008)" title="The Family Channel (American TV network, founded 2008)">The Family Channel</a>,33.6 religious, 33.7 Jewelry TV</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Print">Print</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Print"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ul><li><i>Black Hills Visitor Magazine</i> (since 1984)<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Black Hills Bride</i></li> <li><i>Black Hills Parent</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rapid_City_Journal" title="Rapid City Journal">Rapid City Journal</a></i></li> <li><i>Patriot</i> (Ellsworth AFB Bulletin)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transportation">Transportation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Public_Transit">Public Transit</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Public Transit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rapid City is served by <a href="/wiki/Rapid_City_Rapid_Ride" title="Rapid City Rapid Ride">Rapid City Rapid Ride</a>, which provides fixed route and demand response service to the region. </p><p>Rapid City has a municipally owned bus service, providing multiple <a href="/wiki/Bus_stops" class="mw-redirect" title="Bus stops">bus stops</a> and a headquarters in the city. It has limited city-to-city bus service along I-90. Charter bus services operate in the area, connecting Rapid City and Deadwood with cities in Colorado, Nebraska, and Iowa. </p><p>Intercity bus service to the city is provided by <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Lines" title="Jefferson Lines">Jefferson Lines</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Roads">Roads</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Roads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Rapid_City,_South_Dakota" title="Special:EditPage/Rapid City, South Dakota">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">May 2016</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Interstate_90_in_South_Dakota" title="Interstate 90 in South Dakota">Interstate 90</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interstate_190_(South_Dakota)" title="Interstate 190 (South Dakota)">Interstate 190</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_16_in_South_Dakota" title="U.S. Route 16 in South Dakota">US Highway 16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_Highway_44" title="South Dakota Highway 44">South Dakota Highway 44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_Highway_79" title="South Dakota Highway 79">South Dakota Highway 79</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Air">Air</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Air"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Rapid_City_Regional_Airport" title="Rapid City Regional Airport">Rapid City Regional Airport</a> provides flights to the airline hub cities, and has <a href="/wiki/General_aviation" title="General aviation">general aviation</a> operations, including wildfire fighting activities, and medical flight support to Rapid City medical facilities and regional Indian Health Service operations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Railroads">Railroads</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Railroads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Historically, Rapid City was primarily served by two railroads: the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_and_North_Western_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago and North Western Railway">Chicago & North Western Railway</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Road" title="Milwaukee Road">Milwaukee Road</a>. Following extensive restructuring in the industry in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, the city is now served only by the <a href="/wiki/Rapid_City,_Pierre_and_Eastern_Railroad" title="Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad">Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad</a> (RCP&E). Rapid City has no passenger train service, and was last served in 1960 by the C&NW's <a href="/wiki/Dakota_400" class="mw-redirect" title="Dakota 400">Dakota 400</a>, a daily train from <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> to Rapid City via <a href="/wiki/Rochester,_Minnesota" title="Rochester, Minnesota">Rochester</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Power">Power</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Power"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rapid City is located on the boundary of the Western and Eastern power grids. It is served by the hydroelectric plants of the two Mainstem dams on the Missouri River, and the large coal fields and power plants of the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. It is located where the two national power grids connect with each other, allowing switching of electrical power from east to west and vice versa. Rapid City had its own coal-fired power plant but could not afford to meet current air pollution standards and closed it. Closed for similar reasons were <a href="/wiki/Coal-fired_power_station" title="Coal-fired power station">coal-fired power stations</a> near <a href="/wiki/Gillette,_Wyoming" title="Gillette, Wyoming">Gillette, Wyoming</a>. The Ben French power station located within city boundaries shut down September 2012, more than two years ahead of its scheduled shutdown. Rapid City now obtains much of its power from the Missouri dams and importing it from elsewhere. Following the shut down of the plants dependent on coal, electrical rates have increased. The city has had to spend more to import electricity over a longer distance. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Water">Water</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Water"><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:Officer_candidates_step_off_to_final_training_phase_110716-A-DI382-012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Officer_candidates_step_off_to_final_training_phase_110716-A-DI382-012.jpg/220px-Officer_candidates_step_off_to_final_training_phase_110716-A-DI382-012.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Officer_candidates_step_off_to_final_training_phase_110716-A-DI382-012.jpg/330px-Officer_candidates_step_off_to_final_training_phase_110716-A-DI382-012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Officer_candidates_step_off_to_final_training_phase_110716-A-DI382-012.jpg/440px-Officer_candidates_step_off_to_final_training_phase_110716-A-DI382-012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3902" data-file-height="2598" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/National_Guard_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="National Guard of the United States">National Guard</a> officer candidates take part in a tactical road march through a west Rapid City neighborhood.</figcaption></figure> <p>Rapid City obtains most of its water supply from Rapid Creek and the alluvial aquifers associated with the creek, owning significant water rights in Pactola Reservoir located some 15 miles (24 km) west of the city, but does also obtain water from some springs in the vicinity, and has the ability to draw water from deep formations that receive water from recharge in areas of the Black Hills where the formations come to the surface. The heavy dependence on shallow alluvial aquifers is of some concern to planners, as most suburbs of Rapid City use septic systems for domestic sewage treatment. However, water supplies remain relatively good for future growth. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Healthcare">Healthcare</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Healthcare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hospitals include: </p> <ul><li>Monument Health Rapid City Hospital, a level 2 Trauma Center, and the busiest emergency department in South Dakota with 57,000 visits annually.</li> <li>Black Hills Surgical Hospital</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Health_Service" title="Indian Health Service">Indian Health Service</a>’s Oyate Health Center provides care to the Native American community</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Emergency_services">Emergency services</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Emergency services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Emergency medical services are provided by the Rapid City Fire Department. Emergency medical transportation by rotor and fixed wing aircraft is provided by Black Hills Life Flight, and MARC (Medical Air Rescue Company). </p> <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=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Rapid_City,_South_Dakota" title="List of people from Rapid City, South Dakota">List of people from Rapid City, South Dakota</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sister_cities">Sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rapid City has three <a href="/wiki/Sister_city" title="Sister city">sister cities</a>, as designated by <a href="/wiki/Sister_Cities_International" title="Sister Cities International">Sister Cities International</a>: </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Apolda" title="Apolda">Apolda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thuringia" title="Thuringia">Thuringia</a>, Germany</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nikk%C5%8D" title="Nikkō">Nikkō</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tochigi_Prefecture" title="Tochigi Prefecture">Tochigi</a>, Japan<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span 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href="#cite_note-ThreadEx-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Snowfall and snow depth records date to September 1, 1942, and the move to Rapid City Regional, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-NOWData_NWS_Rapid_City,_SD_20-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOWData_NWS_Rapid_City,_SD-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <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=Rapid_City,_South_Dakota&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hasselstrom, p. 331.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription 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Stearns"</a>. Rapid City Library. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rapidcitylibrary.org/BHKN/KnowledgeNetwork/includes/bios/stearns-bio.asp">the original</a> on January 24, 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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(1994). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/roadsidehistoryo0000hass"><i>Roadside History of South Dakota</i></a>. 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href="/wiki/Imlay,_South_Dakota" title="Imlay, South Dakota">Imlay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mystic,_South_Dakota" title="Mystic, South Dakota">Mystic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owanka,_South_Dakota" title="Owanka, South Dakota">Owanka</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/Scenic,_South_Dakota" title="Scenic, South Dakota">Scenic</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><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Ghost_town" title="Ghost town">Ghost towns</a></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/Addie_Camp,_South_Dakota" title="Addie Camp, South Dakota">Addie Camp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conata,_South_Dakota" title="Conata, South Dakota">Conata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creighton,_South_Dakota" title="Creighton, South Dakota">Creighton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etta,_South_Dakota" title="Etta, South Dakota">Etta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moon,_South_Dakota" title="Moon, South Dakota">Moon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myers_City,_South_Dakota" title="Myers City, South Dakota">Myers City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pactola,_South_Dakota" title="Pactola, South Dakota">Pactola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedro,_South_Dakota" title="Pedro, South Dakota">Pedro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redfern,_South_Dakota" title="Redfern, South Dakota">Redfern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheridan,_South_Dakota" title="Sheridan, South Dakota">Sheridan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teddy_Bear,_South_Dakota" title="Teddy Bear, South Dakota">Teddy Bear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tigerville,_South_Dakota" title="Tigerville, South Dakota">Tigerville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;">Footnotes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3" style="color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portal:South_Dakota_(state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:South Dakota (state)"><span>South Dakota portal</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal:United_States" title="Portal:United States"><span>United States portal</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Dakota">Climate change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_South_Dakota" title="List of people from South Dakota">Famous South Dakotans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_South_Dakota" title="Geography of South Dakota">Geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_South_Dakota" title="Government of South Dakota">Government</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_South_Dakota" title="United States congressional delegations from South Dakota">Delegations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_South_Dakota" title="Elections in South Dakota">Elections</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_South_Dakota" title="History of South Dakota">History</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_South_Dakota_history" title="Bibliography of South Dakota history">Bibliography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_South_Dakota" title="Timeline of South Dakota">Timeline</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_South_Dakota_state_parks" title="List of South Dakota state parks">State Parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_South_Dakota_state_symbols" title="List of South Dakota state symbols">Symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tourist_attractions_in_South_Dakota" title="Category:Tourist attractions in South Dakota">Tourist attractions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_in_South_Dakota" title="List of towns in South Dakota">Towns and villages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_townships_in_South_Dakota" title="List of townships in South Dakota">Townships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_in_South_Dakota" title="Transportation in South Dakota">Transportation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society</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/Abortion_in_South_Dakota" title="Abortion in South Dakota">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_South_Dakota" title="Cannabis in South Dakota">Cannabis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_South_Dakota" title="Culture of South Dakota">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_South_Dakota" title="Crime in South Dakota">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_South_Dakota" title="Demographics of South Dakota">Demographics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_South_Dakota" title="African Americans in South Dakota">African Americans</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota#Economy" title="South Dakota">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota#Education" title="South Dakota">Education</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_South_Dakota" title="List of colleges and universities in South Dakota">Colleges and universities</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_South_Dakota" title="Gun laws in South Dakota">Gun laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_South_Dakota" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in South Dakota">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota#Politics" title="South Dakota">Politics</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States#South_Dakota" title="List of regions of the United States">Regions</a></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/Badlands_National_Park" title="Badlands National Park">Badlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Hills" title="Black Hills">Black Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coteau_des_Prairies" title="Coteau des Prairies">Coteau des Prairies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Coteau" title="Missouri Coteau">Missouri Coteau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dissected_Till_Plains" title="Dissected Till Plains">Dissected Till Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drift_Prairie" title="Drift Prairie">Drift Prairie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_River_(South_Dakota)" title="East River (South Dakota)">East River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pine_Ridge_(region)" title="Pine Ridge (region)">Pine Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siouxland" title="Siouxland">Siouxland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_River_(South_Dakota)" title="West River (South Dakota)">West River</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_South_Dakota" title="List of cities in South Dakota">Larger incorporated places <br /> pop. over 5,000</a></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/Aberdeen,_South_Dakota" title="Aberdeen, South Dakota">Aberdeen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belle_Fourche,_South_Dakota" title="Belle Fourche, South Dakota">Belle Fourche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Box_Elder,_South_Dakota" title="Box Elder, South Dakota">Box Elder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brandon,_South_Dakota" title="Brandon, South Dakota">Brandon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brookings,_South_Dakota" title="Brookings, South Dakota">Brookings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg,_South_Dakota" title="Harrisburg, South Dakota">Harrisburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huron,_South_Dakota" title="Huron, South Dakota">Huron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison,_South_Dakota" title="Madison, South Dakota">Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitchell,_South_Dakota" title="Mitchell, South Dakota">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre,_South_Dakota" title="Pierre, South Dakota">Pierre</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Rapid City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sioux_Falls,_South_Dakota" title="Sioux Falls, South Dakota">Sioux Falls</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/Tea,_South_Dakota" title="Tea, South Dakota">Tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vermillion,_South_Dakota" title="Vermillion, South Dakota">Vermillion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watertown,_South_Dakota" title="Watertown, South Dakota">Watertown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yankton,_South_Dakota" title="Yankton, South Dakota">Yankton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_South_Dakota" title="List of cities in South Dakota">Smaller incorporated places <br /> pop. 1,000 - 5,000</a></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/Aurora,_South_Dakota" title="Aurora, South Dakota">Aurora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltic,_South_Dakota" title="Baltic, South Dakota">Baltic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beresford,_South_Dakota" title="Beresford, South Dakota">Beresford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Britton,_South_Dakota" title="Britton, South Dakota">Britton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton,_South_Dakota" title="Canton, South Dakota">Canton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamberlain,_South_Dakota" title="Chamberlain, South Dakota">Chamberlain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clark,_South_Dakota" title="Clark, South Dakota">Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clear_Lake,_South_Dakota" title="Clear Lake, South Dakota">Clear Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crooks,_South_Dakota" title="Crooks, South Dakota">Crooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Custer,_South_Dakota" title="Custer, South Dakota">Custer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Smet,_South_Dakota" title="De Smet, South Dakota">De Smet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deadwood,_South_Dakota" title="Deadwood, South Dakota">Deadwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dell_Rapids,_South_Dakota" title="Dell Rapids, South Dakota">Dell Rapids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eagle_Butte,_South_Dakota" title="Eagle Butte, South Dakota">Eagle Butte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elk_Point,_South_Dakota" title="Elk Point, South Dakota">Elk Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flandreau,_South_Dakota" title="Flandreau, South Dakota">Flandreau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Pierre,_South_Dakota" title="Fort Pierre, South Dakota">Fort Pierre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freeman,_South_Dakota" title="Freeman, South Dakota">Freeman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garretson,_South_Dakota" title="Garretson, South Dakota">Garretson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gettysburg,_South_Dakota" title="Gettysburg, South Dakota">Gettysburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory,_South_Dakota" title="Gregory, South Dakota">Gregory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Groton,_South_Dakota" title="Groton, South Dakota">Groton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartford,_South_Dakota" title="Hartford, South Dakota">Hartford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hot_Springs,_South_Dakota" title="Hot Springs, South Dakota">Hot Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lead,_South_Dakota" title="Lead, South Dakota">Lead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lemmon,_South_Dakota" title="Lemmon, South Dakota">Lemmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lennox,_South_Dakota" title="Lennox, South Dakota">Lennox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milbank,_South_Dakota" title="Milbank, South Dakota">Milbank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miller,_South_Dakota" title="Miller, South Dakota">Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mission,_South_Dakota" title="Mission, South Dakota">Mission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mobridge,_South_Dakota" title="Mobridge, South Dakota">Mobridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Sioux_City,_South_Dakota" title="North Sioux City, South Dakota">North Sioux City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parker,_South_Dakota" title="Parker, South Dakota">Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkston,_South_Dakota" title="Parkston, South Dakota">Parkston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piedmont,_South_Dakota" title="Piedmont, South Dakota">Piedmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Platte,_South_Dakota" title="Platte, South Dakota">Platte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redfield,_South_Dakota" title="Redfield, South Dakota">Redfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salem,_South_Dakota" title="Salem, South Dakota">Salem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sisseton,_South_Dakota" title="Sisseton, South Dakota">Sisseton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Springfield,_South_Dakota" title="Springfield, South Dakota">Springfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summerset,_South_Dakota" title="Summerset, South Dakota">Summerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyndall,_South_Dakota" title="Tyndall, South Dakota">Tyndall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volga,_South_Dakota" title="Volga, South Dakota">Volga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wagner,_South_Dakota" title="Wagner, South Dakota">Wagner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Webster,_South_Dakota" title="Webster, South Dakota">Webster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winner,_South_Dakota" title="Winner, South Dakota">Winner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">Largest CDPs <br /> pop. over 1,000</a></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/Blackhawk,_South_Dakota" title="Blackhawk, South Dakota">Blackhawk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Pine_Hills,_South_Dakota" title="Colonial Pine Hills, South Dakota">Colonial Pine Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dakota_Dunes,_South_Dakota" title="Dakota Dunes, South Dakota">Dakota Dunes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Thompson,_South_Dakota" title="Fort Thompson, South Dakota">Fort Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Valley,_South_Dakota" title="Green Valley, South Dakota">Green Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Eagle_Butte,_South_Dakota" title="North Eagle Butte, South Dakota">North Eagle Butte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Spearfish,_South_Dakota" title="North Spearfish, South Dakota">North Spearfish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oglala,_South_Dakota" title="Oglala, South Dakota">Oglala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pine_Ridge,_South_Dakota" title="Pine Ridge, South Dakota">Pine Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rapid_Valley,_South_Dakota" title="Rapid Valley, South Dakota">Rapid Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosebud,_South_Dakota" title="Rosebud, South Dakota">Rosebud</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_South_Dakota" title="List of counties in South Dakota">Counties</a></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/Aurora_County,_South_Dakota" title="Aurora County, South Dakota">Aurora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beadle_County,_South_Dakota" title="Beadle County, South Dakota">Beadle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bennett_County,_South_Dakota" title="Bennett County, South Dakota">Bennett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bon_Homme_County,_South_Dakota" title="Bon Homme County, South Dakota">Bon Homme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brookings_County,_South_Dakota" title="Brookings County, South Dakota">Brookings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brown_County,_South_Dakota" title="Brown County, South Dakota">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brule_County,_South_Dakota" title="Brule County, South Dakota">Brule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_County,_South_Dakota" title="Buffalo County, South Dakota">Buffalo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butte_County,_South_Dakota" title="Butte County, South Dakota">Butte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campbell_County,_South_Dakota" title="Campbell County, South Dakota">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Mix_County,_South_Dakota" title="Charles Mix County, South Dakota">Charles Mix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clark_County,_South_Dakota" title="Clark County, South Dakota">Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_South_Dakota" title="Clay County, South Dakota">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codington_County,_South_Dakota" title="Codington County, South Dakota">Codington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corson_County,_South_Dakota" title="Corson County, South Dakota">Corson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Custer_County,_South_Dakota" title="Custer County, South Dakota">Custer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davison_County,_South_Dakota" title="Davison County, South Dakota">Davison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Day_County,_South_Dakota" title="Day County, South Dakota">Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deuel_County,_South_Dakota" title="Deuel County, South Dakota">Deuel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dewey_County,_South_Dakota" title="Dewey County, South Dakota">Dewey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_County,_South_Dakota" title="Douglas County, South Dakota">Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmunds_County,_South_Dakota" title="Edmunds County, South Dakota">Edmunds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_River_County,_South_Dakota" title="Fall River County, South Dakota">Fall River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faulk_County,_South_Dakota" title="Faulk County, South Dakota">Faulk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_County,_South_Dakota" title="Grant County, South Dakota">Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_County,_South_Dakota" title="Gregory County, South Dakota">Gregory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haakon_County,_South_Dakota" title="Haakon County, South Dakota">Haakon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamlin_County,_South_Dakota" title="Hamlin County, South Dakota">Hamlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hand_County,_South_Dakota" title="Hand County, South Dakota">Hand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanson_County,_South_Dakota" title="Hanson County, South Dakota">Hanson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harding_County,_South_Dakota" title="Harding County, South Dakota">Harding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hughes_County,_South_Dakota" title="Hughes County, South Dakota">Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hutchinson_County,_South_Dakota" title="Hutchinson County, South Dakota">Hutchinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyde_County,_South_Dakota" title="Hyde County, South Dakota">Hyde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_South_Dakota" title="Jackson County, South Dakota">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerauld_County,_South_Dakota" title="Jerauld County, South Dakota">Jerauld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jones_County,_South_Dakota" title="Jones County, South Dakota">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsbury_County,_South_Dakota" title="Kingsbury County, South Dakota">Kingsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_South_Dakota" title="Lake County, South Dakota">Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_County,_South_Dakota" title="Lawrence County, South Dakota">Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_South_Dakota" title="Lincoln County, South Dakota">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyman_County,_South_Dakota" title="Lyman County, South Dakota">Lyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_County,_South_Dakota" title="Marshall County, South Dakota">Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCook_County,_South_Dakota" title="McCook County, South Dakota">McCook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McPherson_County,_South_Dakota" title="McPherson County, South Dakota">McPherson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meade_County,_South_Dakota" title="Meade County, South Dakota">Meade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mellette_County,_South_Dakota" title="Mellette County, South Dakota">Mellette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miner_County,_South_Dakota" title="Miner County, South Dakota">Miner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnehaha_County,_South_Dakota" title="Minnehaha County, South Dakota">Minnehaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moody_County,_South_Dakota" title="Moody County, South Dakota">Moody</a></li> <li><a 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South Dakota">Todd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tripp_County,_South_Dakota" title="Tripp County, South Dakota">Tripp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turner_County,_South_Dakota" title="Turner County, South Dakota">Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_County,_South_Dakota" title="Union County, South Dakota">Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walworth_County,_South_Dakota" title="Walworth County, South Dakota">Walworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yankton_County,_South_Dakota" title="Yankton County, South Dakota">Yankton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ziebach_County,_South_Dakota" title="Ziebach County, South Dakota">Ziebach</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_South_Dakota.svg/32px-Flag_of_South_Dakota.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="20" class="mw-file-element" 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title="Wyoming">Wyoming</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Attractions</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/Bear_Butte" title="Bear Butte">Bear Butte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bear_Country_USA" title="Bear Country USA">Bear Country 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 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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 href="/wiki/Belle_Fourche,_South_Dakota" title="Belle Fourche, South Dakota">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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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> <li><a href="/wiki/Calamity_Jane" title="Calamity Jane">Calamity Jane</a></li> <li>Historian <a href="/wiki/Doane_Robinson" title="Doane Robinson">Doane Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sol_Star" title="Sol Star">Sol Star</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Swearengen" title="Al Swearengen">Al Swearengen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Utter" title="Charlie Utter">Charlie Utter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ghost 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/Addie_Camp,_South_Dakota" title="Addie Camp, South Dakota">Addie Camp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bismuth,_South_Dakota" title="Bismuth, South Dakota">Bismuth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blacktail,_South_Dakota" title="Blacktail, South Dakota">Blacktail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burdock,_South_Dakota" title="Burdock, South Dakota">Burdock</a></li> <li><a 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 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