Elm Springs, South Dakota
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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  Elm Springs Location within the state of South Dakota  Elm Springs Elm Springs (the United States) | |
| 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]
References
- "Elm Springs". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- "Look Up a ZIP Code™". USPS. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 36. Archived from the original on 2016-08-09.
Municipalities and communities of Meade County, South Dakota, United States | ||
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| Cities |  Meade County map | |
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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