Cedar Grove Colony South Dakota Map

About Cedar Grove Colony, South Dakota

Cedar Grove Colony is a locality in Brule County, South Dakota, United States. The population density is 21.1 people per km². Cedar Grove Colony is located at 43.5303°N, 98.8079°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 57369.

Cedar Grove Colony occupies a wide, quiet expanse of high plains where the light at dusk stretches long shadows across the fields, turning the dry grasses to the color of tarnished copper. It lies 40.8 miles west-southwest of Mitchell, SD (from Mitchell, SD: bearing 253°T), and is situated 32.5 miles southeast of Chamberlain. The horizon remains vast and unencumbered, though the faint, jagged silhouette of the Bijou Hills emerges in the distance to the west, tethering the sky to the earth. To the east, the ground holds the stillness of the prairie, broken only by the occasional dip of a ravine or the persistent, patient work of Platte Creek as it carves its path through the silt. Nearby, the Charles Mix County Waterfowl Production Area offers a sanctuary for migratory birds, their calls echoing over the open land before fading into the hush of the plains.

Cedar Grove Colony maintains a life rhythm defined by the seasons of the soil, grounded in an economy that favors the steady labor of agriculture and communal stewardship. The nearby presence of Carroll Lake provides a rare, glassy stillness in the landscape, a place where the water catches the pale, wide-open sky and holds it fast. Life here moves with a deliberate, measured pace, shaped by a history of settlement that values the endurance of the land above all else. Daily habits are marked by the sound of machinery in the distance and the shifting winds that carry the scent of turned earth, reminding those who live in Cedar Grove Colony that their work is tied to the persistent, slow turning of the year.

About This Cedar Grove Colony Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cedar Grove Colony, South Dakota. Coordinates: 43.530273, -98.807864. 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 Cedar Grove Colony includes the ZIP code (57369), telephone area code (605), county seat of Brule County (Chamberlain), and school district assignment (Platte-Geddes School District 11-5).

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.