Roswell South Dakota Map

About Roswell, South Dakota

Roswell is a locality in Miner County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 8. The population density is 7.6 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 sits as a quiet punctuation mark upon the vast, open expanse of the South Dakota prairie, where the horizon stretches flat and uncompromising under a sky of immense, pale clarity. It lies 26.5 miles northeast of Mitchell, SD (from Mitchell, SD: bearing 39°T), and is situated 28.9 miles west of Madison. The landscape around Roswell is defined by the steady, rhythmic pulse of agricultural fields, interrupted only by the low, grassy swells of the earth and the occasional cluster of cottonwoods that break the wind. To the north, the terrain dips toward the banks of Rock Creek, a narrow ribbon of water that carves a subtle, winding path through the soil, while the nearby Miner County Waterfowl Production Area offers a sanctuary where the grasses turn to a deep, brittle gold as the season wanes. Even the air feels distilled here, carrying the faint, dry scent of turned earth and the cooling breath of the Twin Lakes, which mirror the shifting clouds in their still, shallow basins.

History in Roswell is etched into the grid of its sparse streets and the enduring skeletons of grain elevators that stand like sentinels against the weather. The local economy remains tethered to the cycles of planting and harvest, a slow, patient industry that demands a particular kind of vigilance from those who work the land. Life in Roswell moves with the deliberate pace of a long-settled rural outpost, where the social geography is measured by the distance between neighbors and the shared endurance of the Midwestern climate. Far to the west, the faint, blue suggestion of Big Mound provides a distant anchor for the eye, reminding any observer that this flat, persistent plains country is merely one layer of a much larger, ancient geology. It is a place where the stillness is not an absence of activity, but a heavy, pervasive presence that defines the character of every day.

About This Roswell Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Roswell, South Dakota. Coordinates: 44.007198, -97.695908. 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 Roswell includes the ZIP code (57349), telephone area code (605), county seat of Miner County (Howard), and school district assignment (Howard School District 48-3).

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.