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Belle Fourche
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city in and county seat of Butte County, South Dakota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Dakota
- County
- Butte
- Incorporated
- April 20, 1903
- Mayor
- Randy Schmidt
- Councilmembers
- Ward 1: Kristal Steeves, Ward 2: Clark Sowers, Ward 3: Dean Brunner, Ward 4: Tricia Fowler & Bob Somervold
- City
- 9.075 sq mi (23.504 km )
- Land
- 9.000 sq mi (23.311 km )
- Water
- 0.074 sq mi (0.192 km ) 0.82%
- Elevation
- 3,120 ft (950 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 5,855
- Density
- 663.3/sq mi (256.09/km )
- Urban
- 5,089
- Metro
- 10,891
- Time zone
- UTC–7 ( Mountain (MST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC–6 (MDT)
- Sales tax
- 6.2%
- Website
- bellefourche.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Belle Fourche
- Population
- 5617
- Area
- 22.286696
- Elevation
- 921
- Official website
- www.bellefourche.org
- Image
- Narrow building in Belle Fourche.jpg
- Households
- 2356
- Dialing code
- 605
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- Commons category
- Belle Fourche, South Dakota
- postal code
- 57717
- P8168
- Heather Mitts
- water as percent of area
- 0.86
- per capita income
- 28774
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Belle Fourche (/bɛlˈfuːʃ/; bel-FOOSH) is a city in and the county seat of Butte County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 5,617 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 5,855 in 2024, making it the 18th-most populous city in South Dakota. It is near the geographic center of the United States, which moved some 550 miles (885 km) northwest from the geographic center of the contiguous United States in Lebanon, Kansas with the admission of Alaska and Hawaii in the mid-20th century.
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