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Box Elder

Also known as Box Elder, South Dakota, Box Elder, SD

city in Pennington County, South Dakota, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: South Dakota
Counties: Pennington , Meade
Incorporated: May 12, 1965
Mayor: Larry Larson
Alderman: Kirk Beauchamp, John Talich, Patrick Schubert, Sr., Steven Bixel
President: Michael Knight, Rick Davis
City: 14.858 sq mi (38.482 km )
Land: 14.834 sq mi (38.420 km )
Water: 0.024 sq mi (0.061 km ) 0.16%
Elevation: 3,045 ft (928 m)
Estimate 2024: 13,887
Density: 936.0/sq mi (361.39/km )
Urban: 11,386
Metro: 156,227 (US: 280th )
Combined: 185,036 (US: 149th )
Time zone: UTC–7 ( Mountain (MST) )
Summer dst: UTC–6 (MDT)

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Box Elder
Population: 2706
Area: 36.040743
Elevation: 924
Official website: www.boxelder.us
Image: Box Elder, South Dakota.JPG
Households: 1148
Dialing code: 605

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postal code: 57719
Commons category: Box Elder, South Dakota
inception: 1907-00-00
P8168: It's All Right with Me
water as percent of area: 0.0953
per capita income: 23409

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Box Elder (Lakota: čhaŋšúška; "box elder maple") is a city in Pennington and Meade Counties, South Dakota, United States. The population was 11,746 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 13,887 in 2024, making it the ninth-most populous city in South Dakota. Ellsworth Air Force Base lies on the northwest side of the city, and it is a suburb of Rapid City.

Box Elder was named from nearby Boxelder Creek.