Glendale Colony South Dakota Map

About Glendale Colony, South Dakota

Glendale Colony is a locality in Spink County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 176. The population density is 141.9 people per km². Glendale Colony is located at 44.7994°N, 98.2876°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 57440.

Glendale Colony occupies a stretch of level earth where the horizon pulls tight against the sky, defined primarily by the slow, deliberate meander of the James River. It lies 30.3 miles north of Huron, SD (from Huron, SD: bearing 353°T), and is situated 47.0 miles south-southeast of Aberdeen. {System:.} The land here remains stubbornly open, a vast expanse of prairie that holds the light of late afternoon in a bruised, golden hue, casting long shadows across the fields that reach toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Doland Ridge. Near the edge of the property, the quiet expanse of Frankfort offers a sanctuary of native grasses and wind-bent scrub, providing a natural buffer against the wider, restless plains. During the autumn months, the air turns crisp and carries the scent of dry stalks and cooling soil, grounding the spirit in the fundamental, unadorned reality of the Great Plains.

Glendale Colony exists as a quiet testament to the enduring necessity of the land, its economy anchored firmly in the cyclical rhythms of agriculture and communal labor. The residents maintain a steady, disciplined pace, their days dictated by the seasonal demands of the harvest and the maintenance of their modest, sturdy structures. While the waters of Lake Dudley remain a distant shimmer on the map, the lifeblood of the immediate surroundings is the James River, which serves as a constant, silent witness to the generations who have worked this soil. There is a distinct lack of pretense in the way the morning mist clings to the fence lines, reflecting a culture that values the weight of a day’s work over the noise of the modern world.

About This Glendale Colony Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Glendale Colony, South Dakota. Coordinates: 44.79942, -98.287593. 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 Glendale Colony includes the ZIP code (57440), telephone area code (605), county seat of Spink County (Redfield), and school district assignment (Hitchcock-Tulare School District 56-6).

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.