Dudley, South Dakota Explained

Official Name:Dudley, South Dakota
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:South Dakota#USA
Pushpin Label:Dudley
Coordinates:43.3081°N -103.8192°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:South Dakota
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Fall River
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Sq Mi:0.11
Area Land Sq Mi:0.11
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Area Total Km2:0.28
Area Land Km2:0.28
Area Water Km2:0.00
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Density Km2:101.36
Timezone:Mountain (MST)
Utc Offset:-7
Timezone Dst:MDT
Utc Offset Dst:-6
Elevation Ft:3429
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code
Postal Code:57735 (Edgemont)
Area Code:605
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:46-17215
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2807103
Population Total:28
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population Density Sq Mi:261.68

Dudley is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Fall River County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 28 at the 2020 census.[3] It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.

It is in the western part of the county, northeast of Edgemont. It is bordered to the south by the Cheyenne River, an east-flowing tributary of the Missouri River. It is bordered to the west by the BNSF Railway and to the north by an abandoned line of the Burlington Northern Railroad, now part of the George S. Mickelson Trail.

U.S. Route 18 passes just north of Dudley, leading northeast to Hot Springs and west the same distance to Mule Creek Junction, Wyoming.

Demographics

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. October 15, 2022.
  2. Web site: Census Population API. United States Census Bureau. Oct 15, 2022.
  3. Web site: U.S. Census Bureau: Dudley CDP, South Dakota . www.census.gov . United States Census Bureau . 25 March 2022 . en.