# List of places in South Dakota: A-L

This list of current cities, towns, unincorporated communities, counties, and other recognized places in the U.S. state of South Dakota also includes information on the number and names of counties in which the place lies, and its lower and upper zip code bounds, if applicable.
| Name of place | Number of counties | Principal county | Lower zip code | Upper zip code |
| Aberdeen (city) | 1 | Brown | 57401 | |
| Aberdeen Township | 1 | Brown | | |
| Ahnberg | 1 | Brookings | | |
| Alcester (city) | 1 | Union | 57001 | |
| Alcester Township | 1 | Union | | |
| Alexandria | 1 | Hanson | 57311 | |
| Allen | 1 | Bennett | 57714 | |
| Alsen | 1 | Union | | |
| Amherst | 1 | Marshall | | |
| Antelope | 1 | Todd | | |
| Arlington | 2 | Kingsbury | 57212 | |
| Armour | 1 | Douglas | 57313 | |
| Ashland Heights | 1 | Pennington | | |
| Ashton | 1 | Spink | 57424 | |
| Aurora Center | 1 | Aurora | 57375 | |
| Aurora County | 1 | Aurora | | |
| Avon | 1 | Bon Homme | 57315 | |
| Badlands National Park | 2 | Pennington | | |
| Baltic | 1 | Minnehaha | 57003 | |
| Barnard | 1 | Brown | 57426 | |
| Bath | 1 | Brown | 57427 | |
| Beadle County | 1 | Beadle | | |
| Belle Fourche | 1 | Butte | 57717 | |
| Bemis | 1 | Deuel | | |
| Benclare | 1 | Minnehaha | | |
| Bennett County | 1 | Bennett | | |
| Beresford | 2 | Union | 57004 | |
| Big Sioux Township | 1 | Union | | |
| Big Springs Township | 1 | Union | | |
| Big Stone City | 1 | Grant | 57216 | |
| Blackhawk | 1 | Meade | 57718 | |
| Black Hills National Forest | 4 | Pennington | | |
| Bloomingdale | 1 | Clay | | |
| Blunt | 1 | Hughes | 57522 | |
| Bon Homme | 1 | Bon Homme | | |
| Bonesteel | 1 | Gregory | 57317 | |
| Booge | 1 | Minnehaha | | |
| Bowdle | 1 | Edmunds | 57428 | |
| Box Elder | 2 | Pennington | 57719 | |
| Brandon | 1 | Minnehaha | 57005 | |
| Brookings | 1 | Brookings | 57006 | 07 |
| Brookings County | 1 | Brookings | | |
| Brown County | 1 | Brown | | |
| Brule County | 1 | Brule | | |
| Brule Township | 1 | Union | | |
| Buffalo County | 1 | Buffalo | | |
| Bullhead | 1 | Corson | 57621 | |
| Burbank | 1 | Clay | 57010 | |
| Butte County | 1 | Butte | | |
| Campbell County | 1 | Campbell | | |
| Canton | 1 | Lincoln | 57013 | |
| Centerville | 1 | Turner | 57014 | |
| Charles Mix County | 1 | Charles Mix | | |
| Civil Bend Township | 1 | Union | | |
| Clay County | 1 | Clay | | |
| Codington County | 1 | Codington | | |
| Aberdeen | 1 | Pennington | | |
| Corson County | 1 | Corson | | |
| Custer County | 1 | Custer | | |
| Dakota Dunes | 1 | Union | 57049 | |
| Elk Point (city) | 1 | Union | 57025 | |
| Elk Point Township | 1 | Union | | |
| Ellsworth Air Force Base | 1 | Meade | | |
| Emmet (ghost town) | 1 | Union | | |
| Emmet Township | 1 | Union | | |
| Fort Thompson | 1 | Buffalo | 57339 | |
| Garryowen | 1 | Union | | |
| Gothland (ghost town) | 1 | Union | | |
| Green Grass | 1 | Dewey | | |
| Green Valley | 1 | Pennington | | |
| Hamill | 1 | Tripp | 57534 | |
| Hanna | 1 | Lawrence | | |
| Harding County | 1 | Harding | | |
| Harrison | 1 | Douglas | | |
| Hill Side (ghost town) | 1 | Union | | |
| Hughes County | 1 | Hughes | | |
| Hutchinson County | 1 | Hutchinson | | |
| Hyde County | 1 | Hyde | | |
| Jackson County | 1 | Jackson | | |
| Jefferson | 1 | Union | 57038 | |
| Jerauld County | 1 | Jerauld | | |
| Jones County | 1 | Jones | | |
| Kaylor | 1 | Hutchinson | 57354 | |
| Kingsbury County | 1 | Kingsbury | | |
| Kyle | 1 | Oglala Lakota | 57752 | |
| La Plant | 1 | Dewey | 57652 | |
| Lake County County | 1 | Lake | | |
| Lawrence County | 1 | Lawrence | | |
| Lincoln County | 1 | Lincoln | | |
| Little Eagle | 1 | Corson | 57639 | |
| Loomis | 1 | Davison | 57301 | |
| Lower Brule | 1 | Lyman | 57548 | |
| Lyman County | 1 | Lyman | | |