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Welcome to Red Scaffold ...

Red Scaffold is located in Ziebach County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Red Scaffold, you might consider that their post office opened in 1938.

From the 2010 Census (the most recent Census number we have), Red Scaffold had a population of 363 people.<2> (see below for details).

Red Scaffold is 2,000 feet [610 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Red Scaffold lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel south from Red Scaffold (for example, toward Hartley), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Code for Red Scaffold: 605

Communities near Red Scaffold ...

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

  • Plainview
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Plainview is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
    • Estimated population in 2014: 55 people
  • Howes
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Bridger
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Bridger is located in Ziebach County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridger
  • Cherry Creek
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Faith
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Red Elm ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Red Elm is located in Ziebach County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Elm
  • Dupree
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Marcus
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Milesville
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Lantry
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Red Scaffold ...

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

Adding Red Scaffold to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Red Scaffold 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 Red Scaffold was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Red Scaffold post office opened in 1938. The Red Scaffold post office closed in 1943.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Red Scaffold.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Dakota's counties, including Ziebach, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Red Scaffold.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Red Scaffold - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/