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Rapid City, SD - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Rapid City  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Rapid City Home page. The Rapid City Home page provides as much information as possible on Rapid City. Knowing Rapid City’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Rapid City’s Home page, you will also find Rapid City’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Rapid City has a population of 89606. 50% of Rapid City’s inhabitants are Male, and 50 are female. 42.7% of Rapid City is married and 61% own their own home. The Average Home price is $194,167, and the average rent is $855. Household median income in Rapid City is $53,760, and the individual median income is $29,180. Rapid City’s Ethnic is the following: White(78.9%), Native(9.9%), Multiple(7.1%), Hispanic(5.9%), Asian(1.6%), Black(1.5%), Other(0.9%), Pacific(0.1%).


Rapid City (Lakota: Mni Lúzahaŋ Otȟúŋwahe; "Swift Water City") is the second most populous city in South Dakota and the county seat of Pennington County. Named after Rapid Creek, where the settlement developed, it is in western South Dakota, on the Black Hills' eastern slope. The population was 74,703 as of the 2020 Census.Known as the "Gateway to the Black Hills" and the "City of Presidents" because of the life-size bronze president statues downtown, Rapid City is split by a low mountain ridge that divides the city's western and eastern parts.


Ellsworth Air Force Base is on the city's outskirts. Camp Rapid, part of the South Dakota Army National Guard, is in the city's western part. Rapid City is home to such attractions as Art Alley, Dinosaur Park, the City of Presidents walking tour, Chapel in the Hills, Storybook Island, and Main Street Square.


The historic "Old West" town of Deadwood is nearby. In the neighboring Black Hills are the tourist attractions of Mount Rushmore, the Crazy Horse Memorial, Custer State Park, Wind Cave National Park, Jewel Cave National Monument, and the museum at the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research. To the city's east is Badlands National Park.


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