New Underwood, South Dakota

About New Underwood

Set in the western part of South Dakota, New Underwood is a tiny community counting 610 people who proudly call it home.

New Underwood holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 1.45 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 421 residents per square mile.

📰 New Underwood News Today

• New Underwood High School (SD) Basketball MaxPreps · Aug 9
• Obituary | Beverly Jean Taylor of New Underwood, South Dakota Kirk Funeral Home & Cremation Services · May 4
• Structure fire displaces New Underwood family KBHB Radio · May 11
• New Underwood home damaged in weekend fire; crews stop flames from spreading KOTA Territory News · May 11
• Kammy Kay Trullinger Obituary Dec 19, 2025 Kinkade Funeral Chapel · Dec 19

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes New Underwood Unique

• The only place in America named New Underwood — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in western 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 15 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in New Underwood

• New Underwood Dam Game Production Area reviews ★

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

🏫 Schools in New Underwood

• New Underwood Elementary - 02
• New Underwood High School - 01
• New Underwood Middle School - 04

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

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🗺️ Map of New Underwood

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