Hot Springs, South Dakota

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The city of Hot Springs is located in Fall River County and is the county seat.

Typical abbreviation for Hot Springs: Hot Spgs. (or less commonly used: Hot Spngs. or Hot Sprngs.)

Hot Springs is 1,070 feet [326.14 m] above sea level.^<1>

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

Communities that are also named Hot Springs can be found in:

At the time of the 2000 Census, Hot Springs had a population of 4,129 people^<3> (or 55.77% of the total population of Fall River County). The population of Hot Springs represented 0.55% of the total of South Dakota, making it the state's 24th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Hot Springs had a population of 4,028 people. This is a decrease of 2.45% 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 Hot Springs.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<4>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Buffalo Gap	NE	9 mi [14.48 km]	153	6.71% decrease
	Custer	N	23 mi [37.01 km]	1,940	4.3% increase
	Edgemont	SW	19 mi [30.58 km]	788	9.11% decrease
	Fairburn	NE	22 mi [35.41 km]	75	6.25% decrease
	Northeast Fall River	SE	10 mi [16.09 km]	1,784	5.31% decrease
	Oelrichs	SE	21 mi [33.8 km]	139	4.14% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Hot Springs.

The Commemorative Quarter for South Dakota<5>

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Hot Springs. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

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.

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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