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Welcome to Box Elder ...The city of Box Elder is primarily located in Pennington County<1>. A portion of Box Elder extends into Meade County. The location of Box Elder has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Box Elder, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Box Elder has a population of 10,175 people<3> (see below for details). Box Elder is 3,110 feet [948 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Box Elder is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Box Elder lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The telephone area code for Box Elder: (605) Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Box Elder had an population of 10,175 people. This is an increase of 30.45% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 258.15% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Box Elder had a population of 7,800 people (which is 7.7% of the total population of Pennington County). This makes Box Elder the county's 3rd most populous community. The population of Box Elder represents 0.96% of the population of South Dakota (which has 814,180 people), making it the state's 16th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 7,800 people, the population of Box Elder increased 174.55% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 2,841 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Box Elder. Communities Also Named Box Elder ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Box Elder - they are located in Colorado, Montana (4), Nebraska, Tennessee, Utah and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Box Elder. Communities near Box Elder ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Box Elder.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Box Elder. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Box Elder. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Box Elder. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Box Elder. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Box Elder. See our Newspapers Page for Box Elder. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Box Elder ...Looking for more information about Box Elder? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Box Elder, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Box Elder. Adding Box Elder to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Box Elder in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Box Elder was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Box Elder. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Box Elder. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Pennington County: www.co.pennington.sd.us/ The official website for State of South Dakota: https://www.sd.gov/ Footnotes ...
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