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Welcome to Conata ...

Conata is located in Pennington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Conata, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.

Conata is 2,470 feet [753 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Conata is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Conata lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Conata and travel east, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Conata: 605

Communities near Conata ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Conata.

  • Wall
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Wall is located in Pennington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 885 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wall <3>
  • Interior
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Quinn
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Quinn is located in Pennington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinn
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quinn <3>
  • Scenic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Imlay
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Imlay is located in Pennington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imlay
    • Estimated population in 2014: 7 people
  • Potato Creek
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Potato Creek is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potato Creek
  • Kyle
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Cottonwood
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cottonwood is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
  • Rockyford
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Rockyford is located in Oglala Lakota County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockyford
  • Weta
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Weta is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weta
    • Estimated population in 2014: 5 people

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 Conata. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Conata.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Conata. 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 Conata.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Conata. See our Newspapers Page for Conata.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Conata ...

Looking for more information about Conata? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Conata, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Conata.

Adding Conata to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Conata 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 (so far) for Conata was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Conata post office opened in 1908. The Conata post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Conata.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Dakota's counties, including Pennington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Conata - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/