Rapid City, South Dakota

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Rapid City is the largest city within a 50 mile [80 km] radius.

The next largest community is Central Pennington. It lies immediately south of Rapid City and has a population of 13,369 people.^<1>

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Belle Fourche-Cheyenne Valleys	NE	36 mi [57.9 km]	5,987	2.17% increase
	Belle Fourche	NW	50 mi [80.5 km]	4,979	9.07% increase
	Box Elder	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	3,517	23.79% increase
	Custer	SW	28 mi [45.06 km]	1,940	4.3% increase
	Hot Springs	S	46 mi [74 km]	4,028	2.45% decrease
	Lead	NW	32 mi [51.5 km]	2,892	4.46% decrease
	Mount Rushmore	SW	10 mi [16.09 km]	6,800	6.9% increase
	North Lawrence	NW	40 mi [64.4 km]	5,555	4.75% increase
	South Lawrence	NW	29 mi [46.67 km]	2,413	12.44% increase
	Southwest Meade	N	20 mi [32.19 km]	10,203	6.14% decrease
	Spearfish	NW	41 mi [66 km]	10,010	16.31% increase
	Sturgis	NW	27 mi [43.45 km]	5,950	7.64% decrease
	West Custer	SW	39 mi [62.8 km]	---
	West Pennington	W	27 mi [43.45 km]	1,868	20.28% increase
	Newcastle (WY)	W	50 mi [80.5 km]	3,390	10.6% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Ashland Heights	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Blackhawk	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Colonial Pine Hills	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	East Custer	S	25 mi [40.23 km]	---
	Fairburn	S	26 mi [41.84 km]	75	6.25% decrease
	Green Valley	SE	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Hermosa	S	16 mi [25.75 km]	350	11.11% increase
	Hill City	SW	19 mi [30.58 km]	908	16.41% increase
	Keystone	SW	15 mi [24.14 km]	316	1.61% increase
	New Underwood	E	19 mi [30.58 km]	675	9.58% increase
	Rapid City East	SE	13 mi [20.92 km]	1,425	25.88% increase
	Rapid Valley	E	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Silver City	W	16 mi [25.75 km]	---
	Sioux Village	N	2 mi [3.22 km]	---
	Summerset	NW	10 mi [16.09 km]	---

Pennington County

Rapid City is located in Pennington County and is the county seat.

Below are counties that are near Rapid City (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Rapid City:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Rapid City
	Butte County	N	Empire	37 miles [59 km]
	Custer County	S	Hermosa	16 miles [25 km]
	Lawrence County	NW	Nemo	15 miles [24 km]
	Meade County	NW	Blackhawk	6 miles [9 km]
	Shannon County	SE	Red Shirt	32 miles [51 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for South Dakota<3>

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