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Stratford South Dakota Map

Explore Stratford, South Dakota, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Stratford, South Dakota

How to Use This Stratford, South Dakota Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Stratford, South Dakota. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of South Dakota or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Stratford.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Stratford
State	South Dakota (SD)
County	Brown County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	45.316358
Longitude	-98.304816
Population	57
Density	88.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	57474
Area Code	605
County Seat	Aberdeen
School District	Warner School District 06-5

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About Stratford, South Dakota

Stratford is a locality in Brown County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 57. The population density is 88.0 people per km². Stratford is located at 45.3164°N, 98.3048°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Stratford is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57474.

Stratford persists as a quiet node of civilization amidst the vast, unyielding reach of the South Dakota prairie. It lies 13.5 miles southeast of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 139°T), and is situated 64.8 miles west-northwest of Watertown. The horizon here is vast and stripped of pretense, defined by the relentless flatness of the plains where the sky claims more territory than the earth. To the east, the James River traces a sluggish path through the soil, a ribbon of silt and slow-moving water that anchors the local topography. Only the distant silhouette of Doland Ridge offers a faint, jagged interruption to the otherwise unbroken expanse, while the nearby Hansen Preserve (stratford Sl) provides a sanctuary where wild grasses bow in rhythm with the wind. The light at dusk possesses a singular, bruised quality, casting long, melancholic shadows that seem to stretch back toward the very dawn of the territory.

Stratford grew from the ambition of those who sought to tame the unforgiving grit of the plains, building an economy rooted firmly in the cycles of the harvest. Grain elevators stand as the primary sentinels of the landscape, their towering forms marking the rhythm of a life governed by the changing seasons and the yield of the soil. The connection to the land remains absolute, as the local machinery of agriculture dictates the pace of every day, moving with the steady, mechanical pulse of a clockwork engine. Though the bustle of the world feels leagues removed, the people maintain a stoic, grounded existence, finding a spare beauty in the persistence of their work. Even the air seems to hold a memory of the past, quiet and heavy with the scent of dry earth, as the community continues to occupy this small, singular corner of the open plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hansen Preserve (stratford Sl (State Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 360° N
Brown County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 10.3 mi, 289° W
Brown County Waterfowl Production Area Of Sd (Resource Management Area) — 10.3 mi, 289° W
Aviation War Memorial (Monument) — 10.9 mi, 330° NW
Kuhnert Arboretum (Local Park) — 11.4 mi, 314° NW
Moccasin Creek Complex (Local Recreation) — 12.0 mi, 318° NW
Aberdeen Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 12.5 mi, 330° NW
Jewett Theater (Theatre) — 12.7 mi, 318° NW
Mansfield (State Conservation Area) — 12.9 mi, 246° SW
Old Cannon (Registered Battlefield) — 13.5 mi, 049° NE
Dacotah Prairie Museum (Museum) — 13.5 mi, 319° NW
Piggors Lake (State Recreation Area) — 14.8 mi, 085° E
Amsden (State Recreation Area) — 16.4 mi, 082° E
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 21.5 mi, 314° NW
Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.8 mi, 360° N · 39k acres
Colin Campbell Fur Post (Monument) — 35.0 mi, 336° NW
Marshall County Prayer Rock Museum (Museum) — 42.4 mi, 039° NE
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 44.2 mi, 065° NE
Waubay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.9 mi, 081° E · 9,262 acres
Watertown Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 61.3 mi, 115° SE
Whitetail Trail Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 65.5 mi, 043° NE
Dakotaland Museum (Museum) — 66.0 mi, 177° S
Donald Christman Toy Museum (Museum) — 73.8 mi, 133° SE
Grant County Historical Society Agricultural Museum (Museum) — 74.8 mi, 101° E
National Waterfowl Production Area (Nature Reserve) — 75.2 mi, 321° NW
Watson School (Historic Ruins) — 75.8 mi, 194° S
Domsch School (Historic Ruins) — 75.9 mi, 197° S

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