Roswell South Dakota Map
Roswell, South Dakota — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Roswell, Miner County.
Interactive Map of Roswell, South Dakota
| City | Roswell |
| State | South Dakota (SD) |
| County | Miner |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 44.007198 |
| Longitude | -97.695908 |
| Density | 11.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Roswell, South Dakota
Roswell is a locality in Miner County, South Dakota, United States. The population density is 11.4 people per km². Roswell is located at 44.0072°N, 97.6959°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 57349.
Roswell hums with a quiet, vast prairie stillness, a place where the sky seems to press down with a gentle, insistent weight. It lies 58.9 miles west-north-west of Sioux Falls, SD (from Sioux Falls, SD: bearing 303°T), and is situated 8.4 miles west of Howard. The land unfurls in wide, sweeping horizons of cultivated fields – wheat and corn shimmering like a sea of green and gold under the immense South Dakota sun. Windmills, like stoic sentinels, turn their patient arms against the ceaseless breeze, their rhythmic creak a constant, low murmur against the silence. Dust devils occasionally pirouette across the fields, ephemeral dancers in the sun-drenched air. The air itself carries the clean, sharp scent of dry earth and distant rain, a scent that clings to everything. Roswell's story is etched in the hard-won resilience of its people, a history tied to the fertile soil and the dreams of homesteaders who sought their fortune here. The local economy, like the land itself, is deeply rooted in agriculture, with grain elevators standing as proud monuments to the harvest, their silos reaching skyward like weathered fingers. Life in Roswell moves at a deliberate, unhurried pace, dictated by the seasons and the quiet hum of tractors. The town square, a modest gathering of storefronts, offers the essentials, a place where neighbors greet each other by name, their conversations punctuated by the distant lowing of cattle or the call of a meadowlark. There is a profound sense of place here, a quiet dignity in the way the land has shaped both the landscape and the lives within it.
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About This Roswell Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Roswell, South Dakota with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. 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 Roswell and Miner County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Roswell is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Roswell is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
