Belle Fourche, South Dakota
Belle Fourche, South Dakota | |
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Belle Fourche's Business District in 2009 | |
Location of Belle Fourche, South Dakota | |
| Coordinates: 44°39′50″N 103°51′33″W / 44.663798°N 103.859143°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | South Dakota |
| County | Butte |
| Founded | 1884 |
| Incorporated | April 20, 1903 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Randy Schmidt |
| • Councilmembers | Ward 1: Rhonda Schild & Monte Talkington Ward 2: Pam Somervold & Clark Sowers Ward 3: Larry Schmaltz & Don Elliott Ward 4: Tricia Fowler & Bob Somervold |
| Area | |
• City | 9.075 sq mi (23.504 km2) |
| • Land | 9.000 sq mi (23.311 km2) |
| • Water | 0.074 sq mi (0.192 km2) 0.82% |
| Elevation | 3,120 ft (950 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• City | 5,617 |
• Estimate (2024) | 5,855 |
| • Density | 663.3/sq mi (256.09/km2) |
| • Urban | 5,089 |
| • Metro | 10,891 |
| Time zone | UTC–7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC–6 (MDT) |
| ZIP Code | 57717 |
| Area code | 605 |
| Sales tax | 6.2% |
| GNIS feature ID | 1267280 |
| Website | bellefourche.org |
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blank_info_sec1, blank_info.Belle Fourche (/bɛlˈfuːʃ/; bel-FOOSH) is a city in and the county seat of Butte County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 5,617 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 5,855 in 2024, making it the 18th most populous city in South Dakota. It is near the geographic center of the United States, which moved some 550 miles (885 km) northwest from the geographic center of the contiguous United States in Lebanon, Kansas with the admission of Alaska and Hawaii in the mid-20th century.