Lead

Lead is a city in , , United States. The population was 2,982 at the 2020 census. Lead is located in western South Dakota, in the near the state line.
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  • Type: Town with 3,120 residents
  • Description: city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Lead (Dakota del Sur)”, “Lead City”, “Lead, SD”, “Lead, South Dakota”, “Mile High City”, and “Washington”
  • Postal code: 57754

Places of Interest

Highlights: Sanford Underground Research Facility.

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Deadwood and Central City.

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Locality
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Lead

Latitude
44.3522° or 44° 21′ 8″ north
Longitude
-103.7652° or 103° 45′ 55″ west
Population
3,120
Elevation
5,213 feet (1,589 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US LDQ
Open location code
85PR962M+VW
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Lead” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ليد”
  • Basque: “Lead”
  • Catalan: “Lead”
  • Cebuano: “Lead”
  • Chechen: “Лид”
  • Chinese: “莱德”
  • Dagbani: “Lead”
  • Danish: “Lead”
  • Dutch: “Lead”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ليد”
  • Finnish: “Lead”
  • French: “Lead”
  • Gilaki: “لیت (نسايي داکؤتا)”
  • Gilaki: “لیت”
  • Haitian: “Lead, Dakota disid”
  • Haitian: “Lead”
  • Irish: “Lead”
  • Italian: “Lead”
  • Japanese: “リード”
  • Ladin: “Lead”
  • Luxembourgish: “Lead”
  • Malagasy: “Lead, South Dakota”
  • Malagasy: “Lead”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lead”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lead”
  • Norwegian: “Lead”
  • Persian: “لید، داکوتای جنوبی”
  • Persian: “لید”
  • Polish: “Lead”
  • Portuguese: “Lead”
  • Russian: “Леад”
  • Russian: “свинец”
  • Serbian: “Лид”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lead, South Dakota”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lead”
  • Slovenian: “Lead”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لید، گونئی داکوتا”
  • Spanish: “Lead”
  • Tatar: “Лид”
  • Turkish: “Lead, Güney Dakota”
  • Turkish: “Lead”
  • Ukrainian: “Лід”
  • Urdu: “لیڈ، جنوبی ڈکوٹا”
  • Urdu: “لیڈ”
  • Uzbek: “Lead”
  • Volapük: “Lead”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lead, South Dakota”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lead”
  • Welsh: “Lead, De Dakota”
  • Welsh: “Lead”

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