Harrold South Dakota Map

About Harrold, South Dakota

Harrold is a locality in Hughes County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 101. The population density is 94.7 people per km². Harrold is located at 44.5244°N, 99.7393°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Harrold is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57536.

Harrold rises from the expansive, sun-bleached prairie of South Dakota like a quiet assertion against the vastness of the northern plains. It lies 32.0 miles east-northeast of Pierre, SD (from Pierre, SD: bearing 70°T), and is situated 33.5 miles east-northeast of Fort Pierre. The land around Harrold is defined by the steady, rhythmic persistence of the wind as it brushes across open fields, occasionally interrupted by the modest, winding path of South Fork Medicine Knoll Creek. To the west, the horizon occasionally catches the faint, hazy suggestion of the Ree Heights, a distant line that anchors the sky. Only two miles away, the Woodruff Lake Area provides a sanctuary where the earth holds onto moisture, allowing tall grasses to sway in a soft, rhythmic dance under the relentless, golden light of the afternoon.

Harrold maintains its character through a deep-seated connection to the agriculture that has shaped the regional economy for generations, with silos and homesteads standing as steady sentinels over the wheat and hay. The pace of life here is dictated by the seasons and the cycle of the soil, a rhythm that remains undisturbed by the frantic movement of more populous centers. Life in Harrold flows with the steady, unpretentious gravity of a place that knows its own weight, where the community gathers not for fanfare but in the shared recognition of the endurance required to thrive on these plains. Nearby, the Woodruff Lake provides a focus for those seeking a moment of stillness, reflecting the wide, open sky in its calm surface as the day fades into the quiet, starlit silence of the prairie.

About This Harrold Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Harrold, South Dakota. Coordinates: 44.524428, -99.739284. 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 Harrold includes the ZIP code (57536), telephone area code (605), county seat of Hughes County (Pierre), and school district assignment (Highmore-Harrold School District 34-2).

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.