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Welcome to Usta ...

Usta is located in Perkins County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Usta, you might consider that their post office opened in 1931.

From the 2010 Census (the most recent Census number we have), Usta had a population of 22 people.<2> (see below for details).

Usta is 2,330 feet [710 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Usta is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

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

Area Code for Usta: 605

Communities near Usta ...

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

  • Iron Lightning
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Iron Lightning is located in Ziebach County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Lightning
    • Estimated population in 2014: 412 people
  • Faith
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Meadow
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Red Elm ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Red Elm is located in Ziebach County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Elm
  • Glad Valley
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Bison
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Opal
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Date
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Date is located in Perkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Date
  • Cedar Canyon
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Canyon is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Canyon
  • Dupree
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Usta ...

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

Adding Usta to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Usta post office opened in 1931. The Usta post office closed in 1942.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Usta.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Dakota's counties, including Perkins, 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 Usta.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Usta - 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/