Roscoe, South Dakota

Roscoe, South Dakota
City
Billboard and farmland in Roscoe, May 2007
Billboard and farmland in Roscoe, May 2007
Location in Edmunds County and the state of South Dakota
Location in Edmunds County and the state of South Dakota
Coordinates: 45°27′00″N 99°20′12″W / 45.45000°N 99.33667°W / 45.45000; -99.33667
CountryUnited States
StateSouth Dakota
CountyEdmunds
Founded1877[1]
Area
 • Total0.38 sq mi (0.99 km2)
 • Land0.38 sq mi (0.99 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation1,834 ft (559 m)
Population
 • Total269
 • Density704.19/sq mi (271.91/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
57471
Area code605
FIPS code46-55820[5]
GNIS feature ID1267554[3]
Websitewww.roscoesd.org

Roscoe is a city in central Edmunds County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 269 at the 2020 census.[6]

Roscoe was laid out in 1877, and named in honor of Roscoe Conkling, a United States Senator from New York.[7]

  1. ^ "SD Towns" (PDF). South Dakota State Historical Society. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
  2. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  3. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Roscoe, South Dakota
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  6. ^ "U.S. Census Bureau: Roscoe city, South Dakota". www.census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  7. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 59.