Spearfish, South Dakota

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Rapid City. It is located about 41 miles [65 km] to the southeast of Spearfish and has a population of 59,607 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Central Pennington. It is located about 42 miles [67 km] to the southeast of Spearfish and has a population of 13,369 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Belle Fourche	N	12 mi [19.31 km]	4,979	9.07% increase
	Box Elder	SE	46 mi [74 km]	3,517	23.79% increase
	Deadwood	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]	1,283	7.03% decrease
	Lead	SE	10 mi [16.09 km]	2,892	4.46% decrease
	Mount Rushmore	SE	43 mi [69.2 km]	6,800	6.9% increase
	North Lawrence	SE	Less than 2 mi	5,555	4.75% increase
	South Lawrence	S	16 mi [25.75 km]	2,413	12.44% increase
	Southwest Meade	E	25 mi [40.23 km]	10,203	6.14% decrease
	Sturgis	E	17 mi [27.36 km]	5,950	7.64% decrease
	West Butte	N	29 mi [46.67 km]	2,660	0.3% decrease
	West Pennington	S	33 mi [53.1 km]	1,868	20.28% increase
	Whitewood	E	10 mi [16.09 km]	849	0.59% increase
	Newcastle (WY)	S	47 mi [75.6 km]	3,390	10.6% increase
	Sundance (WY)	W	26 mi [41.84 km]	1,253	7.92% increase
	Upton (WY)	SW	46 mi [74 km]	907	4.01% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Ashland Heights	SE	43 mi [69.2 km]	---
	Blackhawk	SE	35 mi [56.3 km]	---
	Central City	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]	138	7.38% decrease
	Colonial Pine Hills	SE	42 mi [67.6 km]	---
	Crook City	E	11 mi [17.7 km]	---
	East Butte	NE	41 mi [66 km]	893	12.05% increase
	Fruitdale	NE	14 mi [22.53 km]	62	---
	Hill City	S	40 mi [64.4 km]	908	16.41% increase
	Newell	NE	26 mi [41.84 km]	627	2.94% decrease
	Nisland	NE	19 mi [30.58 km]	206	0.98% increase
	North Spearfish	NW	2 mi [3.22 km]	---
	Silver City	SE	31 mi [49.89 km]	---
	Sioux Village	SE	40 mi [64.4 km]	---
	Summerset	SE	31 mi [49.89 km]	---
	Hulett (WY)	W	39 mi [62.8 km]	471	15.44% increase

Lawrence County

Spearfish is located in Lawrence County.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Spearfish
	Butte County	N	Jolly Dump	7 miles [11 km]
	Meade County	E	Sturgis	17 miles [27 km]
	Pennington County	S	Rochford	25 miles [40 km]
	Crook County (WY)	W	Beulah (WY)	12 miles [19 km]
	Weston County (WY)	SW	Buckhorn (WY)	26 miles [41 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for South Dakota<3>

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