Place:Rowena, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States

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NameRowena
TypeCommunity
Coordinates43.52°N 96.556°W
Located inMinnehaha, South Dakota, United States
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Rowena (pronounced "roh-WEE'-nuh") is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States. The population of the CDP was 68 at the 2020 census. It is located along South Dakota Highway 42.

Rowena is located at , just over one mile north of the border with Iowa, approximately east of Sioux Falls, and west of the Minnesota border, at an elevation of 1,411 feet (430 m). The ZIP Code is 57056.

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The community has the name of Rowena, a character in the novel Ivanhoe. The city was founded by the Illinois Central Railroad when it was extended to that point.

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