Union Center, South Dakota

Unincorporated community in South Dakota, United States

Census-designated place & unincorporated community in South Dakota, United States

44°33′48″N 102°39′52″W / 44.56333°N 102.66444°W / 44.56333; -102.66444CountryUnited StatesStateSouth DakotaCounty MeadeFounded1927Named forFarmers' UnionElevation

2,913 ft (888 m)Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)ZIP codes

57787

Area code605FIPS code46-65540^[1]GNIS feature ID2628851
1258697^[1]

Union Center is a small rural village in Meade County, South Dakota, United States. It is an unincorporated community, which was designated as part of the U.S. Census Bureau's Participant Statistical Areas Program on June 10, 2010.^[2] It was not counted separately during the 2000 Census,^[3] but is scheduled for inclusion in the 2010 Census.^[4] It has the post office which serves the area covered by ZIP code 57787,^[5] and three small businesses.

Union Center was founded in 1927 by the Farmers' Union as one of their first enterprises in South Dakota.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Union Center Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved July 29, 2010.
^ U.S. Census Bureau (2003). "Population and Housing Unit Counts, North Dakota" (PDF). 2000 Census of Population and Housing. Government Printing Office. Retrieved July 20, 2008.
^ U.S. Census Bureau (February 13, 2008). "Census Designated Place (CDP) Program for the 2010 Census—Final Criteria" (PDF). Federal Register. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 18, 2010. Retrieved July 13, 2010.
^ "Find a City by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved July 29, 2010.
^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota Place-Names, Part I: State, County, and Town Names. Vermillion, South Dakota: University of South Dakota. p. 64. OCLC 34885177.