Community Profile

Spearfish, once coined the “fasting growing town in the Midwest” is a picturesque community where friendliness and courtesy are a way of life. With blue sky, forested hills and vast prairies, Spearfish offers an appreciation of nature and beauty not often seen in today’s world.

Located in the Northern Black Hills, Spearfish represents one of the most broad-based economies in western South Dakota. With roots in education, health care, tourism, mining and timber, the economy has grown and diversified substantially. Abundant natural resources, a well-educated workforce, access to major transportation routes and its ideal location has help fuel the economic growth of Spearfish.

The Greater Spearfish Area has historically experienced steady growth. The growth rate for the area has remained at 3% annually.

Spearfish is ideally located at the intersection of two major United States highways. Our community is situated on Interstate 90, the longest Interstate Highway in the United States. Connecting Seattle with Boston, a major percentage of US commerce travels this route each day. On a north-south axis Spearfish is also located on U.S. Hwy 85, known as the Can-Am highway. Connecting Southern Canada with El Paso, TX, it passes through major commerce centers in Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas. Highway 85 carries a large volume of energy industry-related traffic from the oil fields in the north to processing centers southward.