Meadow, South Dakota

Unincorporated community in South Dakota, United States

45°31′45″N 102°12′59″W / 45.52917°N 102.21639°W / 45.52917; -102.21639CountryUnited StatesStateSouth DakotaCounty PerkinsArea

• Total35.8 sq mi (92.8 km²) • Land35.6 sq mi (92.1 km²) • Water0.3 sq mi (0.7 km²)Elevation

^[1]

2,635 ft (803 m)Population

(2000)

• Total35 • Density1.0/sq mi (0.4/km²)Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)ZIP code

57644

Area code605FIPS code46-41660^[2]GNIS feature ID1256408^[1]

Meadow is an unincorporated community in Perkins County, South Dakota, United States. Meadow is twelve miles east of Bison and two miles from the junction of South Dakota Highways 20 and 73.

Meadow was laid out in 1907, and named for a vast meadow near the original town site.^[3]

Meadow is located approximately 15.5 miles to the west from what was the farthest point from any McDonald's restaurant in the contiguous United States in 2009, prior to that point moving 45°27′34″N 101°54′49″W / 45.45955°N 101.91356°W / 45.45955; -101.91356.^[4] Along with Glad Valley, South Dakota, Meadow is one of the nearest communities to that point.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Meadow, South Dakota
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 50.
^ Von Worley, Stephen. "Where The Buffalo Roamed". Weather Sealed. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
^ "A McDonald's Is Never More Than 107 Miles Away". Huffington Post. Retrieved July 15, 2018.