Wecota is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in Faulk County

Faulk County, South Dakota

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,640 people, 1,014 households, and 708 families residing in the county. The population density was 3 people per square mile . There were 1,235 housing units at an average density of 1 per square mile...

, South Dakota

South Dakota

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, United States

United States

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Wecota was founded in 1907 as a station stop on a branch line of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway

Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway

The Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway was an American Class I railroad that built and operated lines radiating south and west from Minneapolis, Minnesota which existed for 90 years from 1870 to 1960....

 built that year between Conde

Conde, South Dakota

Conde is a city in Spink County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 140 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Conde is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....

 and LeBeau

LeBeau, South Dakota

LeBeau was a town in Walworth County, South Dakota, United States. It was on the east bank of the Missouri River, near the mouth of Swan Creek....

, South Dakota. Railway service to Wecota ended in 1940.

Geography

Wecota is located at Latitude: 45.1725 and Longitude: -99.11722. Elevation: 1558 ft.

Wecota has been assigned the ZIP code

ZIP Code

ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...

 57438 and the FIPS place code 4669900. The local area code is 605.

The town has two streets.

External links

• http://www.placenames.com/us/p1258856/
• http://www.weatherunderground.com/US/SD/Wecota.html