North Spearfish is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) in Lawrence County,

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, United States. The population was 2,366 at the 2020 census.

Geography

North Spearfish is located in northern Lawrence County at (44.507983, -103.885173), on the northwest side of the city of

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, the largest community in the county.

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runs along the northern edge of the CDP, with access from Exit 8 (McGuigan Road). I-90 leads southeast to

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and west to

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departs from I-90 at the northeast corner of North Spearfish, leading north to

Belle Fourche Belle Fourche (; ) is a city in and the county seat of Butte County, South Dakota, United States. Its population was 5,617 at the 2020 census. It is near the geographic center of the United States, which moved some 550 miles northwest from the g ...

. According to the

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, the North Spearfish CDP has a total area of , all land. The community drains northward via Higgins Gulch to Spearfish Creek, a north-flowing tributary of the Redwater River, which in turn is a northeast-flowing tributary of the

Belle Fourche River The Belle Fourche River (pronounced ''bel FOOSH''; lkt, Šahíyela Wakpá) is a tributary of the Cheyenne River, approximately long, in the U.S. states of Wyoming and South Dakota. It is part of the Mississippi River watershed via the Cheyenn ...

, which runs east to the Missouri River.

Demographics

At the 2000 census there were 2,306 people, 857 households, and 611 families living in the CDP. The population density was . There were 914 housing units at an average density of . The

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of the CDP was 96.96% White, 0.09% African American, 1.65% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.09% from other races, and 1.00% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.17%. 37.2% were of

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, 17.3%

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and 7.5%

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ancestry according to

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. Of the 857 households 37.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.9% were married couples living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.7% were non-families. 20.4% of households were one person and 4.6% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.04. The age distribution was 26.8% under the age of 18, 11.7% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% 65 or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.3 males. The median household income was $35,750 and the median family income was $40,455. Males had a median income of $29,559 versus $19,970 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $16,865. About 7.7% of families and 10.7% of the population were below the

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, including 7.3% of those under age 18 and 4.8% of those age 65 or over.

References

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