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Box Elder, South Dakota

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The city of Box Elder is primarily located in Pennington County. A portion of Box Elder extends into Meade County.

Box Elder is 940 feet [286.51 m] above sea level.<1>

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

Montana (historic<2>), Tennessee and Virginia have communities that are also named Box Elder.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Box Elder had a population of 2,841 people<3> (or 3.2% of the total population of Pennington County). The population of Box Elder represented 0.38% of the total of South Dakota, making it the state's 35th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Box Elder had a population of 3,517 people. This is an increase of 23.79% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Box Elder.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000		Year-to-Year Change
20083,517+23.79%+8.05% since 2007
20073,255+14.57%+5.37% since 2006
20063,089+8.73%+3.31% since 2005
20052,990+5.24% 
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20002,841The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<4>2008
Population		Change
Since 2000
 Blackhawk   W11 mi [17.7 km]---
 Central Pennington   SW9 mi [14.48 km]14,3357.23% increase
 Green Valley   S6 mi [9.66 km]---
 Mount Rushmore   SW18 mi [28.97 km]6,8006.9% increase
 New Underwood   E11 mi [17.7 km]6759.58% increase
 Rapid City East   SE10 mi [16.09 km]1,42525.88% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Box Elder.


The Commemorative Quarter for South Dakota
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For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Box Elder? Please visit the Map Page for Box Elder.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Box Elder - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>We use the term 'historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Box Elder, please let us know so that we can make corrections.

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<3>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Box Elder.

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<4>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Box Elder and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<5>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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