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Welcome to Sheffield ...

Sheffield is located in Beadle County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sheffield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Sheffield is 1,290 feet [393 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Sheffield: 605

Communities Also Named Sheffield ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 27 communities that are also named Sheffield - they are located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia (4), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri (2), Montana, New Brunswick, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina (2), Tennessee, Texas (2), Vermont and Virginia.

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

Communities near Sheffield ...

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

  • Huron
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Huron is located in Beadle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,420 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huron <3>
  • Huron Colony
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Huron Colony is located in Beadle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Colony
    • Estimated population in 2014: 403 people
  • Wolsey
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Iroquois
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Cavour
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Yale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Osceola
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Osceola is located in Kingsbury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Estimated population in 2014: 90 people
  • Manchester
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Manchester is located in Kingsbury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
    • Estimated population in 2014: 65 people
  • Esmond
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Esmond is located in Kingsbury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
    • Estimated population in 2014: 60 people
  • Morningside
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Morningside is located in Beadle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningside

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sheffield ...

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

Adding Sheffield to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Sheffield post office opened in 1892. The Sheffield post office closed in 1927.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sheffield.

Footnotes ...

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