Dewey, South Dakota

This article is about the unincorporated town of Dewey, South Dakota, in Custer County. For the county in South Dakota, see Dewey County, South Dakota.

Dewey, South Dakota
Unincorporated community
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Dewey is located in South Dakota
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Location of Dewey in South Dakota.
Coordinates: 43°31′47.532″N 104°2′18.168″W / 43.52987000°N 104.03838000°W / 43.52987000; -104.03838000
CountryUnited States
StateSouth Dakota
CountyCuster
TownshipWest Custer UT (portion of Custer County west of Custer State Park)[1]
Elevation
3,714 ft (1,132 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total7
Time zoneUTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
57735
Area code605
FIPS code46-16380
GNIS feature ID1261554[2]

Dewey is an unincorporated community near the southwest corner of Custer County, South Dakota, United States, less than one mile from the Wyoming border in a prairie region of the Black Hills.[3][4] There are approximately five or six homes in town.[5] Dewey has a volunteer fire department in the Edgemont city district.[6]

Dewey lies just to the southwest of the Elk Mountains, a small range that is part of the Black Hills. South Dewey Road leads into Fall River County southeast 6.1 miles (9.8 km) to Burdock and then to Edgemont—23 miles (37 km) from Dewey. Northwest of Dewey 30 miles (48 km) is Newcastle, Wyoming.[7]

  1. ^ http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk2000/st46_SouthDakota/CountySubdivision/4670320_WestCuster/CBS4670320_013.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ "U.S. Board on Geographic Names".
  4. ^ http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk2000/st46_SouthDakota/CountySubdivision/4670320_WestCuster/CBS4670320_013.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  5. ^ "Google Maps".
  6. ^ "U.S. Board on Geographic Names".
  7. ^ Official State Highway Map of Wyoming (Map). Wyoming Department of Transportation. 2014.