Willow Lake, South Dakota

About Willow Lake

Set in the eastern part of South Dakota, Willow Lake is a tiny community counting 268 people who proudly call it home.

Willow Lake holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.37 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 724 residents per square mile.

📰 Willow Lake News Today

• Schedule - Clark/Willow Lake Cyclones (Clark, SD) Football 26-27 MaxPreps · Aug 9
• John Peterson Obituary Mar 11, 2026 Furness Funeral Home · Mar 11
• Obituary for June Kinder Crawford Osthus Funeral Chapel · Jan 29
• Wallace "Wally" Knock Obituary (2026) - Willow Lake, SD - Furness Funeral Home Legacy obituary · Jan 4
• Kirk Madsen Obituary Nov 17, 2025 Welter Funeral Home · Nov 17

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Willow Lake Unique

• Positioned in eastern South Dakota, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of South Dakota — one of 485 recognized communities statewide.

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 9 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Willow Lake

• Dry Lake Number 2 State Public Shooting Area reviews ★
• McPeek State Public Shooting Area reviews ★
• Willow Lake State Public Shooting Area reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Willow Lake

• Mayfield Colony Elementary - 04
• Willow Lake Elementary - 02
• Willow Lake High School - 01
• Willow Lake Middle School - 03

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Willow Lake

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