Anderson, SD

Anderson is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, also known as Anderson Subdivision. It lies east of Sioux Falls, but the local government map is township-based: Anderson Subdivision sits within Split Rock Township. That distinction matters because the name belongs to a mapped place without a separate incorporated city government. Current Census mapping lists Anderson as a South Dakota CDP, while gazetteer records place Anderson Subdivision on the Brandon USGS map. The result is a small community whose outline is defined by names, boundaries, and the rural roads around Sioux Falls.

South Dakota's CDP list places Anderson at roughly 43.519 latitude and -96.614 longitude, east of the Sioux Falls urban edge. The local name therefore works at two levels: Anderson for the statistical place and Anderson Subdivision for the township and map record. The useful local detail is the geography itself. Anderson is a place found through the relationship between Minnehaha County, Split Rock Township, the Brandon map, and nearby Sioux Falls.