Spring Valley Colony, South Dakota Explained

Official Name:Spring Valley Colony, South Dakota
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:South Dakota#USA
Pushpin Label:Spring Valley Colony
Coordinates:44.0397°N -98.8889°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:South Dakota
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Jerauld
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Sq Mi:0.48
Area Land Sq Mi:0.48
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Area Total Km2:1.25
Area Land Km2:1.25
Area Water Km2:0.00
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Density Km2:0.00
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:1641
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code
Postal Code:57382 (Wessington Springs)
Area Code:605
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:46-61180
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2807109
Population Total:0
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population Density Sq Mi:0.00

Spring Valley Colony is a Hutterite colony[3] and census-designated place (CDP) in Jerauld County, South Dakota, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.

It is in the western part of the county, on the north side of a west-flowing tributary of Crow Creek, which in turn flows west to the Missouri River at Lake Francis Case. The colony is by road west-southwest of Wessington Springs, the Jerauld county seat.

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: Spring Valley Hutterite Colony (Wessington Springs, South Dakota, USA). Friesen. Bert. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. May 2021. September 16, 2021.