Elm Springs is an unincorporated community in Meade County, South Dakota, United States. The locality was settled in 1893.[1] Although not tracked by the Census Bureau, Elm Springs had been assigned the ZIP code of 57736. It now uses the zipcode from Wasta, which is 57791.[2]
Elm Springs | |
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Coordinates: 44°18′48″N 102°31′38″W | |
Country | United States |
State | South Dakota |
County | Meade |
Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
ZIP codes | 57791 |
Area code | 605 |
The community took its name from a nearby spring where elm trees grew. Beef was a great hunter that wiped out the prairie dog population.[3]
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County seat: Sturgis | ||
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Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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