South Dakota · Census place 4617620

Eagle Butte, South Dakota

Eagle Butte is a city in 2 counties of South Dakota with an estimated 1,270 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 51st largest of 64 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,270
#51 of 64 in South Dakota
Change since 2020
+1.7%
+21 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
+ 0.10 sq mi water
Density
934 / sq mi
State median 1,459
Orange pin: Eagle Butte. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Pierre.

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Eagle Butte population, 2020 to 2024

Eagle Butte added 21 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +45.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,257. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Eagle Butte covers 1.36 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 934 people per square mile of land. The median South Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,459, so Eagle Butte is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Eagle Butte spans

Eagle Butte crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 1,270 residents as follows; Dewey County holds 51.2% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Dewey County650
  2. 02Ziebach County620
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Eagle Butte

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Eagle Butte by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 57625. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Eagle Butte is

The Census internal point of Eagle Butte is at 44.994400, -101.231800. Pierre, the capital, is 61.4 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mobridge, SD (3,219 people), 54.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD, 244.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.994400, -101.231800
DMS
44°59'39.84"N 101°13'54.48"W
UTM
14N 324082.8E 4984751.4N
Geohash
9zbpbqvr2
Plus code
85PWXQV9+Q7

Daylight in Eagle Butte

At 44.99° N, Eagle Butte gets about 15 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Eagle Butte

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Mobridge, 54.1 miles away, with 3,219 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Eagle Butte, SD?

1,270 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 21 (1.7%) from 1,249 in July 2020.

What county is Eagle Butte in?

It spans 2 counties: Dewey County (650 residents), Ziebach County (620 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Eagle Butte?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 57625.

How far is Eagle Butte from Pierre?

61.4 miles (98.9 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Eagle Butte.

What is the nearest larger city to Eagle Butte?

Mobridge, SD, with 3,219 residents, 54.1 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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