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Spearfish
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city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Dakota
- County
- Lawrence
- Incorporated
- July 21, 1888
- Mayor
- John Senden
- City council
- Ward 1: Jamie Hafner & Marty Clark, Ward 2: Larry Klarenbeek & Scott Hourigan, Ward 3: Ana Rath & Pam Jacobs
- City
- 17.275 sq mi (44.742 km )
- Land
- 17.270 sq mi (44.729 km )
- Water
- 0.0050 sq mi (0.0129 km ) 0.03%
- Elevation
- 3,921 ft (1,195 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 13,803
- Density
- 799/sq mi (308.6/km )
- Urban
- 13,206
- Metro
- 28,809 (US: 449th )
- Combined
- 185,036 (US: 149th )
- Time zone
- UTC–7 ( Mountain (MST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC–6 (MDT)
- Zip codes
- 57783, 57799
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Encyclopedic overview
Spearfish (Lakota: Hočhápȟe) is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 12,193 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 13,803 in 2024, making it the 10th most populous city in South Dakota. Spearfish is the largest city in Lawrence County and the home of Black Hills State University.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Spearfish” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.