Wentworth South Dakota Map

About Wentworth, South Dakota

Wentworth is a locality in Lake County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 181. The population density is 275.1 people per km². Wentworth is located at 43.9972°N, 96.9642°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Wentworth is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57075.

Wentworth emerges from the expansive prairie as a quiet congregation of structures framed by the vast, unyielding reach of the South Dakota sky. It lies 23.2 miles south-southwest of Brookings, SD (from Brookings, SD: bearing 201°T), and is situated 7.5 miles east of Madison. The horizon remains largely unbroken, save for the distant, faint silhouette of Rocky Ridge that haunts the western sky on the clearest of days. Nearby, the waters of Milwaukee Lake capture the shifting hues of the atmosphere, reflecting a spectrum of bruised purples and golds as the sun descends. To the south, the landscape softens where Bachelor Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the earth, nourishing the tall grasses that sway in a perpetual, rhythmic dance. The air here holds a crisp, earthen clarity, smelling faintly of turned soil and the dry, sweet scent of cured hay that defines the transition of the seasons.

Wentworth maintains a steady, deliberate pace, anchored by the cycles of the surrounding agricultural land that provides the lifeblood of the regional economy. The nearby Wentworth serves as a quiet sanctuary for local wildlife, offering a preserved patch of native terrain that stands in contrast to the orderly, geometric patterns of the cultivated fields. Generations have worked this soil, building a life defined by the resilience required to manage the extremes of the plains, where the wind acts as a constant, invisible companion to the labor of the day. In the quiet intersections of the grid, the character of the place reveals itself not in grand gestures, but in the enduring steadiness of its people, who observe the steady turn of the calendar against the backdrop of the enduring, open prairie.

About This Wentworth Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wentworth, South Dakota. Coordinates: 43.997195, -96.964224. 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 Wentworth includes the ZIP code (57075), 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.