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Belle Fourche

city in and county seat of Butte County, South Dakota, United States

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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

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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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