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Henry South Dakota Map

Explore Henry, South Dakota, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Henry, South Dakota

How to Use This Henry, South Dakota Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Henry, South Dakota. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of South Dakota or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Henry.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

CityHenry
StateSouth Dakota (SD)
CountyCodington County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude44.877186
Longitude-97.46647
Population256
Density68.1 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code57243
Area Code605
County SeatWatertown
School DistrictHenry School District 14-2

About Henry, South Dakota

Henry is a locality in Codington County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 256. The population density is 68.1 people per km². Henry is located at 44.8772°N, 97.4665°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Henry is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57243.

Henry emerges from the vast, open expanse of the eastern prairie as a collection of structures defined by the horizon’s relentless pull. It lies 17.3 miles west of Watertown, SD (from Watertown, SD: bearing 265°T), and is situated 51.1 miles northwest of Brookings. The land surrounding Henry remains stubbornly flat, a muted canvas of cultivated fields that shift in color from the pale, brittle gold of autumn stubble to the deep, saturated green of midsummer growth. Only a mile away, the quiet waters of Lake Henry mirror the immense, vaulted sky, providing a reflective stillness that balances the kinetic energy of the wind constantly sweeping across the plains. To the distant west, the silhouette of The Coteaus provides a faint, serrated edge to the skyline, a reminder of the geological theater that shaped this quiet corner of the state.

Economic life in Henry pulses with the seasonal demands of agriculture, where the rhythm of the year is marked by the mechanical hum of planting and the steady, dust-choked labor of the harvest. Families here have long weathered the extremes of the climate, finding a kind of hard-won grace in the isolation that only a deep, interior landscape can provide. Local life often spills toward Alexander, a SCA that offers a necessary reprieve from the structured rows of the surrounding farms. While the Big Sioux River flows sixteen miles to the south, its presence is felt more in the subtle dampness of the air and the way the vegetation gathers in the lower draws, anchoring the community to the persistent, slow movement of the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Alexander (State Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 317° NW
  • Blythe (State Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 025° NE
  • Long Lake (State Recreation Area) — 4.0 mi, 042° NE
  • Codington County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 5.0 mi, 350° N
  • Hamlin County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 5.1 mi, 186° S
  • Goose Lake (State Recreation Area) — 8.9 mi, 101° E
  • Watertown Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 15.1 mi, 075° E
  • Armed Services Memorial (Monument) — 23.9 mi, 149° SE
  • Donald Christman Toy Museum (Museum) — 24.0 mi, 148° SE
  • Grant County Historical Society Agricultural Museum (Museum) — 36.0 mi, 065° NE
  • Waubay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.4 mi, 008° N · 9,262 acres
  • Manchester Town Monument (Monument) — 37.2 mi, 200° S
  • Mill Theatres (Cinema) — 46.9 mi, 059° NE
  • Valley Queen Heritage Center (Museum) — 47.0 mi, 059° NE
  • Old Cannon (Registered Battlefield) — 49.8 mi, 322° NW
  • Touchdown Jesus (Public Artwork) — 50.9 mi, 140° SE
  • Cinema 5 (Cinema) — 50.9 mi, 140° SE
  • Dakotaland Museum (Museum) — 51.7 mi, 227° SW
  • Willard Andrews Lookout (Viewpoint) — 53.5 mi, 047° NE
  • Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 56.6 mi, 061° NE · 23k acres
  • Paul Bunyan's Boat-Anchor (Attraction) — 58.2 mi, 060° NE
  • Canby Depot Museum (Museum) — 59.5 mi, 101° E
  • Jewett Theater (Theatre) — 63.4 mi, 309° NW
  • Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 72.2 mi, 309° NW
  • Watson School (Historic Ruins) — 73.7 mi, 235° SW
  • Domsch School (Historic Ruins) — 75.8 mi, 236° SW

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About This Henry Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Henry, South Dakota. Coordinates: 44.877186, -97.46647. 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 Henry includes the ZIP code (57243), telephone area code (605), county seat of Codington County (Watertown), and school district assignment (Henry School District 14-2).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

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.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.