Anderson South Dakota Map

About Anderson, South Dakota

Anderson is a locality in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 388. The population density is 195.6 people per km². Anderson is located at 43.5149°N, 96.6247°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 57110.

Anderson occupies a quiet expanse of the high plains, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under a sky that seems to possess more depth than the earth beneath it. It lies 4.5 miles east-southeast of Sioux Falls, SD (from Sioux Falls, SD: bearing 123°T), and is situated 6.1 miles south-southwest of Brandon. The ground here is defined by the steady, persistent presence of the Big Sioux River, which traces a winding path through the soil just a mile from the center of town. To the east, the Gitchie Manitou State Preserve offers a rare outcropping of ancient pink quartzite, a stubborn reminder of the deep geological time that shaped this prairie. The air in Anderson is often crisp, carrying the scent of dry grass and the faint, mineral sharpness of the river, while the light at dusk turns the fields into a flat, bruised purple that feels both infinite and profoundly solitary.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Anderson, with grain silos punctuating the skyline like sentinels guarding the rhythm of the harvest. Families have worked these sections of land for generations, their lives governed by the seasonal turn of planting and the heavy, golden stillness of late summer. While the modern world moves at a different pace, the proximity to Arrowhead provides a managed space for the local wildlife to thrive undisturbed by the machinery of the farms. Farther out, the distant silhouette of Canton Mounds rises against the skyline, a subtle shift in the terrain that breaks the monotony of the plains. Life in Anderson is measured in the slow accumulation of days, a quiet endurance that finds its beauty in the unchanging honesty of the horizon and the reliable, cold clarity of the winter sun.

About This Anderson Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Anderson, South Dakota. Coordinates: 43.514867, -96.624684. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Anderson includes the ZIP code (57110), telephone area code (605), county seat of Minnehaha County (Sioux Falls), and school district assignment (Brandon Valley School District 49-2).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.