Welcome to Moon ...

Moon is located in Pennington County<1>.

The location of Moon has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Moon, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1911.

Moon is 6,400 feet [1,951 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Moon is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

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

Moon is located in the (605) area code.

Communities Also Named Moon ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Moon - they are located in Alabama, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan (2), Mississippi, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Moon ...

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

• Newcastle
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcastle
  • Newcastle is located in Weston County (WY)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,314 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newcastle <4>
• Gregory ‑ Historic
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gregory have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
  • Gregory is located in Lawrence County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 1,264 people
• Myersville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Myersville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myersville
  • Myersville is located in Pennington County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 10 people
• Cambria ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cambria have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
  • Cambria is located in Weston County (WY)
• Four Corners
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
  • Four Corners is located in Weston County (WY)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Four Corners <4>
• Hill View Heights
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hill View Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill View Heights
  • Hill View Heights is located in Weston County (WY)
• Spencer ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spencer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
  • Spencer is located in Weston County (WY)
• Horton ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
  • Horton is located in Weston County (WY)
• Rochford
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochford
  • Rochford is located in Pennington County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rochford <4>
• Diamond City ‑ Historic
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamond City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
  • Diamond City is located in Lawrence County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Moon ...

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

Adding Moon to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Moon in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Moon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Moon post office opened in 1911.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Moon.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Moon. 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: sd.gov/