Rosedale Colony, South Dakota

About Rosedale Colony

Rosedale Colony is a small unincorporated community in southern South Dakota.

Rosedale Colony holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.22 square miles.

📰 Rosedale Colony News Today

• Rosedale Hutterite Colony needs help for new fire equipment dakotanewsnow.com · May 28
• Rosedale Colony named to nationally distinguished list Mitchell Republic · Dec 4
• Benjamin Maendel Obituary Apr 7, 2021 Bakke Funeral Home · Apr 7
• Ed Waldner Obituary Jan 1, 2023 hofmeisterjones.com · Jan 1
• Alexandria, South Dakota Population 2026 World Population Review · Aug 15

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What Makes Rosedale Colony Unique

• The only place in America named Rosedale Colony — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.22 sq mi.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southern South Dakota, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.

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