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Welcome to Hereford ...

Hereford is located in Meade County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hereford, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Hereford is 2,650 feet [808 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Hereford is ½ mile above sea level.

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

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

Area Code for Hereford: 605

Communities Also Named Hereford ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Hereford - they are located in Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Oregon (2), Pennsylvania, Quebec, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hereford.

Communities near Hereford ...

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

  • Viewfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Viewfield is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viewfield
    • Estimated population in 2014: 44 people
  • Elm Springs
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Bend
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Bend is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bend
  • Union Center
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Box Elder
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Enning
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • New Underwood
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Ashland Heights
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ashland Heights is located in Pennington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Heights
  • Sioux Village
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Sioux Village is located in Pennington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux Village
    • Estimated population in 2014: 262 people
  • Rapid Valley
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Rapid Valley is located in Pennington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rapid Valley
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 8,260 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 Hereford. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hereford.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hereford ...

Looking for more information about Hereford? 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 Hereford, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hereford.

Adding Hereford to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hereford 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 Hereford was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Hereford post office opened in 1894. The Hereford post office closed in 1985.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hereford.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Dakota's counties, including Meade, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hereford - 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/