Ciekawostka: Butte County, South Dakota is the geographical center of the U

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This is a list of geographic centers of each U.S. state and inhabited territory. The geographic center of the United States is northeast of Belle Fourche in Butte County, South Dakota (44°58′N 103°46′W), while that of the contiguous 48 states is near Lebanon in Smith County, Kansas (39°50′N 98°35′W). The geographic center of North America lies near Rugby, North Dakota (48°10′N 100°10′W), though this designation has no official status. In 2017, a new calculation of the geographic center of North America placed it near the town of Center, North Dakota.

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There are 66 counties in the U.S. state of South Dakota with FIPS codes. Todd County and Oglala Lakota County are the only counties in South Dakota which do not have their own county seats. Hot Springs in Fall River County serves as the administrative center for Oglala Lakota County. Winner in Tripp County serves as the administrative center for Todd County. These are two of six counties in South Dakota which are entirely within an Indian reservation. (The other four counties are Bennett, Corson, Dewey, and Ziebach.) South Dakota's postal abbreviation is SD and its FIPS state code is 46.

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Butte County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,243. Its county seat is Belle Fourche. The county was established in the Dakota Territory on March 2, 1883, and given the descriptive name based on the French word for a hill.

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Meade County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 29,852, making it the 6th most populous county in South Dakota. Its county seat is Sturgis. The county was created in 1889 and named for Fort Meade, which was garrisoned as a United States military post in the area in 1878 and itself named for General George Meade. Meade County is part of the Rapid City metropolitan area.

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The geographic center of the United States is a point approximately 20 miles (32 km) north of Belle Fourche, South Dakota, at 44°58′2.08″N 103°46′17.60″W. It has been regarded as such by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey and the U.S. National Geodetic Survey (NGS) since the additions of Alaska and Hawaii to the United States in 1959.

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Stratigraphic sections and correlation of beds in the Inyan Kara Group and Morrison Formation, north end of the Black Hills, Crook County, Wyoming, and Butte County, South Dakota

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Geology of the South Butte quadrangle New Mexico-Valencia County

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Water resources of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South and North Dakota, and Roberts County, South Dakota

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Geologic map and coal resources of the White Butte West quadrangle, Hettinger County, North Dakota

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Geologic map and coal resources of the White Butte East quadrangle, Hettinger County, North Dakota

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