Meadow, South Dakota

Meadow is an unincorporated community in Perkins County, South Dakota, United States. Meadow is twelve miles east of Bison and two miles from the junction of South Dakota Highways 20 and 73.

Meadow, South Dakota
unincorporated community
Rural buildings and windmill in Meadow Township
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Coordinates: 45°31′45″N 102°12′59″W
Country	United States
State	South Dakota
County	Perkins
Area
• Total	35.8 sq mi (92.8 km2)
• Land	35.6 sq mi (92.1 km2)
• Water	0.3 sq mi (0.7 km2)
Elevation [1]	2,635 ft (803 m)
Population  (2000)
• Total	35
• Density	1.0/sq mi (0.4/km2)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code	57644
Area code	605
FIPS code	46-41660[2]
GNIS feature ID	1256408[1]

Meadow was laid out in 1907, and named for a vast meadow near the original town site.^[3]

Meadow is located approximately 15.5 miles to the west from what was the farthest point from any McDonald's restaurant in the contiguous United States in 2009, prior to that point moving 45.45955°N 101.91356°W / 45.45955; -101.91356.^[4] Along with Glad Valley, South Dakota, Meadow is one of the nearest communities to that point.^[5]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Meadow, South Dakota
2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
3. Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 50.
4. Von Worley, Stephen. "Where The Buffalo Roamed". Weather Sealed. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
5. "A McDonald's Is Never More Than 107 Miles Away". Huffington Post. Retrieved July 15, 2018.