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Welcome to Maurine ...

Maurine is located in Meade County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Maurine, you might consider that their post office opened in 1926.

Maurine is 2,870 feet [875 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Maurine is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel east from Maurine (for example, toward Dupree), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Maurine: 605

Communities Also Named Maurine ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Maurine - it's located in Missouri.

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

Communities near Maurine ...

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

  • Opal
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Cedar Canyon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Canyon is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Canyon
  • Mud Butte
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Zeona
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Red Owl
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Red Owl is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Owl
  • Date
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Date is located in Perkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Date
  • Faith
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Marcus
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Enning
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • White Owl
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Maurine ...

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

Adding Maurine to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Maurine post office opened in 1926. The Maurine post office closed in 1960.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Maurine.

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 Maurine - 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/