Mound City South Dakota Map

About Mound City, South Dakota

Mound City is a locality in Campbell County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 69. The population density is 209.8 people per km². Mound City is located at 45.7253°N, 100.0685°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Mound City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57646.

Mound City anchors itself upon the vast, open expanse of the northern plains, where the horizon stretches thin and taut like a pulled thread across a quilt of gold and green. It lies 78.6 miles west-northwest of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 284°T), and is situated 21.7 miles northeast of Mobridge. The earth here possesses a sturdy, unyielding character, defined by the slow, deliberate work of wind and seasons upon the prairie soil. Two miles away, the waters of Renz Lake mirror the shifting moods of the sky, gathering the pale light of dawn and the bruised purples of evening. Nearby, the American Game Association wildlife area offers a quiet refuge for the native grasses and creatures that thrive in the absence of human haste. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape holds its breath, waiting for the seasonal cycle to turn, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Lonesome Butte marks the far edge of the traveler’s imagination.

Mound City emerged from the ambition of early homesteaders who saw promise in the deep, fertile loam and the resilience required to tame the high plains. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest, with the local livelihood flowing from the quiet, persistent industry of agriculture that defines the surrounding landscape. Water sustains this life, as Olson Creek meanders through the lower reaches of the terrain, providing a vital, steady pulse to the local fields. To the southwest, the broad, ancient depression of the Blue Blanket Lakebed hints at a deeper geological history, a relic of a time when the water carved more aggressively into the crust. Life in Mound City moves with the measured cadence of a pendulum, where the weight of heritage is felt not in monuments, but in the enduring habit of communal labor and the simple, honest beauty of a day spent under the immense, unclouded dome of the prairie sky.

About This Mound City Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mound City, South Dakota. Coordinates: 45.72527, -100.068452. 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 Mound City includes the ZIP code (57646), telephone area code (605), county seat of Campbell County (Mound City), and school district assignment (Mobridge-Pollock School District 62-6).

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.