Quinn South Dakota Map

About Quinn, South Dakota

Quinn is a locality in Pennington County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 48. The population density is 24.5 people per km². Quinn is located at 43.9880°N, 102.1263°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 57775.

Quinn exists as a whisper on the vast South Dakota prairie, a place where the horizon seems to stretch into forever, unbroken save for the occasional, stoic silhouette of a windbreak or a solitary grain elevator. It lies 55.2 miles east of Rapid City, SD (from Rapid City, SD: bearing 96°T), and is situated 5.7 miles east of Wall. The land here rolls with a subtle, patient grandeur, a vast expanse of tawny grasses that shift and ripple under the immense, ever-changing sky. During the day, the sun glares with a bright, clean intensity, bleaching the muted colors of the landscape, but as dusk approaches, the air softens, imbuing the grasses with a burnished gold and casting long, inky shadows that lend a quiet drama to the rolling terrain. The silence here is not empty, but a resonant presence, punctuated only by the sigh of the wind and the distant call of a meadowlark. The history of Quinn is etched into the very soil by the relentless forces of agriculture and the enduring spirit of its people. This is a landscape shaped by the plow and the prairie, where the local economy has long been tethered to the cycles of wheat and cattle, a testament to the hardiness required to coax sustenance from this fertile yet demanding earth. While not a hub of booming industry, Quinn’s character is defined by a quiet resilience, a shared understanding forged in isolation and a reliance on the land that runs deep. The few buildings that comprise Quinn stand as markers against the immensity, each with a story of generations who have weathered droughts, celebrated harvests, and found a profound connection to this open, elemental country.

About This Quinn Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Quinn, South Dakota — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 43.988045, -102.126267. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Quinn and Pennington County.

Detailed location data for Quinn includes the ZIP code (57775), telephone area code (605), county seat of Pennington County (Rapid City), and school district assignment (Wall School District 51-5). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Quinn is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.