Rustic Acres Colony South Dakota Map

About Rustic Acres Colony, South Dakota

Rustic Acres Colony is a locality in Lake County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 132. The population density is 50.9 people per km². Rustic Acres Colony is located at 43.8718°N, 97.0908°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 57042.

Rustic Acres Colony endures as a quiet expanse of prairie where the horizon line remains uninterrupted by anything but the low, distant silhouette of Rocky Ridge. It lies 29.6 miles northwest of Sioux Falls, SD (from Sioux Falls, SD: bearing 319°T), and is situated 9.4 miles south of Madison. North Buffalo Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the earth a mile from the center, its banks lined with hardy grasses that turn the color of dried wheat under the persistent, wide-open sky. Two miles to the north, Diamond Lake settles into the plains, offering a stillness that mirrors the clouds during the long, amber hours of late afternoon. The air here carries a dry, sharp clarity, and the ground is a composition of fine soil and stubborn roots that have held fast against the wind for generations.

Rustic Acres Colony maintains its character through the steady labor of the soil and the legacy of agricultural self-reliance. Residents often find their way to Diamond Lake for the quiet communion of open space, a preserve that serves as a reminder of the land’s original, uncultivated state. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons, where the harvest and the maintenance of homestead infrastructure dictate the pace of the year. Life here avoids the frantic pulse of larger centers, favoring instead a communal focus on the land and the preservation of a way of life that values the weight of a day’s work and the simple, profound silence that follows the setting of the sun.

About This Rustic Acres Colony Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rustic Acres Colony, South Dakota. Coordinates: 43.871772, -97.090838. 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 Rustic Acres Colony includes the ZIP code (57042), telephone area code (605), county seat of Lake County (Madison), and school district assignment (Chester School District 39-1).

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.