Wessington Springs is a city in Jerauld County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 956 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Jerauld County. Wessington Springs is located at 44°4′55″N 98°34′13″W / 44.08194°N 98.57028°W / 44.08194; -98.57028 . According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.8 square miles , all of it land. Wessington Springs has been assigned the ZIP code 57382 and the FIPS place code 70220. The Wessington Springs townsite was founded in 1880 and platted in... 1882, early in the era of agricultural settlement in the region. The town's boom era began in 1903, when a branch line of the Milwaukee Road railroad was constructed into the town from the east. The town was the home of Wessington Springs College, an institution of higher learning that existed from 1887 until 1968. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,011 people, 505 households, and 285 families residing in the city. The population density was 572.9 people per square mile . There were 580 housing units at an average density of 328.6 per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 99.01% White, 0.
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| County: | Jerauld County |
| State: | South Dakota |
| Population: | 831 |
| Area: | 1.8 sq. mi. |
| Time zone: | Central Time zone |
| Also known as: | Wessington Springs, South Dakota, Jerauld County / Wessington Springs city |