Belle Fourche, South Dakota

Belle Fourche
Belle Fourche
City
	Belle Fourche's Business District in 2009
	Location in Butte County (top) and South Dakota (bottom)
	Coordinates: 44°39′50″N 103°51′23″W / 44.66389°N 103.85639°W
Country	United States
State	South Dakota
County	Butte
Founded	1884
Incorporated	April 20, 1903
Government
• Mayor	Randy Schmidt
Area
• Total	8.93 sq mi (23.12 km2)
• Land	8.85 sq mi (22.93 km2)
• Water	0.07 sq mi (0.19 km2)
Elevation	3,117 ft (950 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	5,617
• Estimate (2022)	5,848
• Density	634.40/sq mi (244.94/km2)
Time zone	UTC–7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC–6 (MDT)
ZIP code	57717
Area code	605
Sales tax	6.2%
GNIS feature ID	1267280
Website	bellefourche.org

Belle Fourche (/bɛlˈfuːʃ/; bel-FOOSH)^[7] is a city in and the county seat of Butte County, South Dakota, United States.^[8] Its population was 5,617 at the 2020 census.^[4] It is near the geographic center of the United States, which moved some 550 miles (885 km) northwest from the geographic center of the contiguous United States in Lebanon, Kansas with the admission of Alaska and Hawaii in the mid-20th century.

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^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Belle Fourche, South Dakota
^ ^a ^b "Explore Census Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
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^ "Belle Fourche (SD) sales tax rate". Retrieved January 7, 2024.
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