Map of Faith city, South Dakota

Faith is a city in the northeastern corner of Meade County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 367 at the 2020 census. The most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton known, Sue, was discovered approximately 15 miles northeast of Faith in August 1990.

Faith city overview:
Name:	Faith city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	South Dakota
County:	Meade County
Incorporated:	1912
Elevation:	2,595 ft (791 m)
Total Area:	1.20 sq mi (3.11 km²)
Land Area:	1.20 sq mi (3.11 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	367
Population Density:	306.09/sq mi (118.20/km²)
ZIP code:	57626
Area code:	605
FIPS code:	4620980
GNISfeature ID:	1255004
Website:	www.faithsd.com

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History

According to folk etymology, the town was named Faith because it took faith to live out on the prairie. However, the story of the city as documented in various informal, locally published histories, is that the town was named for Faith Rockefeller, one of the daughters of a major investor in the railroad responsible for founding the town. This is in keeping with the names of other towns on the route of the old railroad (now abandoned), such as Isabel, South Dakota. Faith was the permanent end of the railroad, a local spur off the Milwaukee Road Railroad. The city was established in 1910.