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Welcome to Rapid City ...The city of Rapid City is located in Pennington County<1> and is the County Seat for Pennington County. Rapid City was established in 1876. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Rapid City has a population of 77,914 people<2> (see below for details). The community of Rapid City is 3,280 feet [1,000 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Rapid City is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Rapid City lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Rapid City is within the (605) area code. The ZIP code for Rapid City: 57701<4> Websites for Rapid City ...Official Website: www.rcgov.org/ Chamber of Commerce: www.rapidcitychamber.com/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Rapid City had an population of 77,914 people. This is an increase of 14.65% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 30.71% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Rapid City had a population of 67,956 people (which is 67.12% of the total population of Pennington County). This makes Rapid City the county's most populous community. The population of Rapid City represents 8.35% of the population of South Dakota (which has 814,180 people), making it the state's 2nd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 67,956 people, the population of Rapid City increased 14.01% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 59,607 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Rapid City. Communities Also Named Rapid City ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Rapid City - they are located in Manitoba and Michigan. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rapid City. Communities near Rapid City ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rapid City.
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 Rapid City. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rapid City. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rapid City. 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 Rapid City. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rapid City. Our list includes 36 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Rapid City. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rapid City ...Looking for more information about Rapid City? 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 Rapid City, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Rapid City. Adding Rapid City to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Rapid City 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 Rapid City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Rapid City in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Rapid City. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Rapid City: www.rcgov.org/ 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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