Box Elder, South Dakota
čhaŋšúška | |
|---|---|
 Box Elder City Hall | |
| Nickname: Gateway to the Black Hills | |
 Location in Pennington County and the state of South Dakota | |
| Coordinates: 44°06′43″N 103°04′54″W / 44.11194°N 103.08167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | South Dakota |
| Counties | Pennington, Meade |
| Founded | 1907[1] |
| Incorporated | May 12, 1965[2] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Larry Larson |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14.777 sq mi (38.272 km2) |
| • Land | 14.753 sq mi (38.209 km2) |
| • Water | 0.024 sq mi (0.061 km2) |
| Elevation | 3,045 ft (928 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 11,746 |
| • Estimate (2023)[6] | 13,868 |
| • Density | 796.18/sq mi (307.41/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC–7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC–6 (CDT) |
| ZIP Code | 57719 |
| Area code | 605 |
| FIPS code | 46-06620 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1267290[4] |
| Sales tax | 6.2%[7] |
| Website | boxelder.us |
Box Elder (Lakota: čhaŋšúška;[8] "box elder maple") is a city in Pennington and Meade counties in the State of South Dakota. The population was 11,746 at the 2020 census, making it the 10th most populous city in South Dakota.[5] Ellsworth Air Force Base lies on the northeast side of the city.
Box Elder was named from nearby Boxelder Creek.[9]
Indie Rock band Pavement has a song on their second album named after the city.
- ^ "History of Box Elder, SD". City of Box Elder. Archived from the original on February 11, 2010. Retrieved February 11, 2010.
- ^ "SD Towns" (PDF). South Dakota State Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 10, 2010. Retrieved February 11, 2010.
- ^ "2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Box Elder, South Dakota
- ^ a b "Explore Census Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
USCensusEst2023was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Box Elder (SD) sales tax rate". Retrieved May 22, 2024.
- ^ Ullrich, Jan F. (2014). New Lakota Dictionary (2nd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Lakota Language Consortium. ISBN 978-0-9761082-9-0. Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
- ^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 46.