Back بوكس إلدر Arabic بوكس الدر ARZ باکس الدر، گونئی داکوتا AZB Box Elder (Dakota del Sud) Catalan Бокс-Элдер (Къилба Дакота) CE Box Elder (lungsod sa Tinipong Bansa, South Dakota) CEB Box Elder, De Dakota Welsh Box Elder (South Dakota) German Box Elder (Dakota del Sur) Spanish Box Elder (Hego Dakota) Basque
Box Elder, South Dakota
čhaŋšúška | |
|---|---|
 Box Elder City Hall | |
| Nickname: Gateway to the Black Hills | |
 Location in Pennington County and the state of South Dakota | |
| Coordinates: 44°06′43″N 103°04′54″W / 44.11194°N 103.08167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | South Dakota |
| Counties | Pennington, Meade |
| Founded | 1907[1] |
| Incorporated | May 12, 1965[2] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Larry Larson |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14.777 sq mi (38.272 km2) |
| • Land | 14.753 sq mi (38.209 km2) |
| • Water | 0.024 sq mi (0.061 km2) |
| Elevation | 3,045 ft (928 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 11,746 |
| • Estimate (2023)[6] | 13,868 |
| • Density | 796.18/sq mi (307.41/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC–7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC–6 (CDT) |
| ZIP Code | 57719 |
| Area code | 605 |
| FIPS code | 46-06620 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1267290[4] |
| Sales tax | 6.2%[7] |
| Website | boxelder.us |
Box Elder (Lakota: čhaŋšúška;[8] "box elder maple") is a city in Pennington and Meade counties in the State of South Dakota. The population was 11,746 at the 2020 census, making it the 10th most populous city in South Dakota.[5] Ellsworth Air Force Base lies on the northeast side of the city.
Box Elder was named from nearby Boxelder Creek.[9]
Indie Rock band Pavement has a song on their second album named after the city.
- ^ "History of Box Elder, SD". City of Box Elder. Archived from the original on February 11, 2010. Retrieved February 11, 2010.
- ^ "SD Towns" (PDF). South Dakota State Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 10, 2010. Retrieved February 11, 2010.
- ^ "2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Box Elder, South Dakota
- ^ a b "Explore Census Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
USCensusEst2023was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Box Elder (SD) sales tax rate". Retrieved May 22, 2024.
- ^ Ullrich, Jan F. (2014). New Lakota Dictionary (2nd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Lakota Language Consortium. ISBN 978-0-9761082-9-0. Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
- ^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 46.