Faith, South Dakota

E73997

Faith, South Dakota is a small town in Meade County best known as the nearby discovery site of the famous Tyrannosaurus rex fossil "Sue."


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
coordinates approximately 45.021°N 102.036°W
country United States
countrySubdivision United States
county Meade County, South Dakota
elevation approximately 2,500 feet
approximately 760 meters
hasAreaCode 605
hasClimate semi-arid climate
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
ranching
hasEducationalInstitution Faith Elementary School
Faith High School
hasEvent annual Faith Stock Show and Rodeo
hasFeature Faith Municipal Airport
hasFIPSCode 46-20540
hasGNISFeatureID 1267370
hasGovernmentType mayor–council government
hasLandUse cattle ranching
rangeland
hasLocalMedia Faith Independent (newspaper)
hasMuseumCollectionItem replicas related to Tyrannosaurus rex "Sue"
hasNickname Prairie Oasis
hasNotableFossilAssociation Tyrannosaurus rex specimen "Sue"
hasPopulation fewer than 1,000 inhabitants
hasPostalCode 57626
hasPrimaryEconomicSector crop farming
livestock production
hasSchoolDistrict Faith School District
hasTransportation Faith Municipal Airport
isPartOf Meade County, South Dakota
South Dakota NERFINISHED
United States
isRural true
knownFor nearby discovery site of Tyrannosaurus rex fossil "Sue"
locatedIn Great Plains
Meade County, South Dakota
South Dakota NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Mountain Time Zone
locatedOn U.S. Route 212 NERFINISHED
namedAfter Faith Rockefeller McKenzie
nearby Tyrannosaurus rex fossil discovery site "Sue"
nearestLargeCity Rapid City, South Dakota
partOfRegion western South Dakota
state South Dakota NERFINISHED
tourismAttraction paleontology-related tourism
rodeo events

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
FMNH PR 2081
SUE the T. rex
discoveredNear

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