Elm Springs, South Dakota (original) (raw)

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Unincorporated community in South Dakota, United States

Unincorporated community in South Dakota, United States

Elm Springs
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 44°18′48″N 102°31′38″W / 44.31333°N 102.52722°W / 44.31333; -102.52722
Country United States
State South Dakota
County Meade
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP codes 57791
Area code 605

Elm Springs is an unincorporated community in Meade County, South Dakota, United States. The locality was settled in 1893.[1] Although not tracked by the Census Bureau, Elm Springs had been assigned the ZIP code of 57736. It now uses the zipcode from Wasta, which is 57791.[2]

The community took its name from a nearby spring where elm trees grew.[3]

  1. ^ "Elm Springs". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  2. ^ "Look Up a ZIP Code™". USPS. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  3. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 36. Archived from the original on August 9, 2016.