Box Elder: Ellsworth Air Force Base Community East of Rapid City
Box Elder adjoins the main gate of Ellsworth Air Force Base and functions as the primary civilian community supporting the installation. The base, named for Brigadier General Richard E. Ellsworth who died in a 1953 B-36 crash, hosts the 28th Bomb Wing and its B-1B Lancer supersonic bombers. Ellsworth is the second-largest employer in South Dakota after Sanford Health, and much of Box Elder's population of 9,289 works at or serves the base.
The city sits in both Pennington and Meade counties just off Interstate 90, about 10 miles east of Rapid City. A major base realignment effort announced in 2019 will bring the B-21 Raider to Ellsworth, with the first aircraft expected to arrive during the 2020s, driving planned population growth in Box Elder and surrounding communities. The South Dakota Air and Space Museum, located at the Ellsworth main gate, is free to the public and displays aircraft and missile-era equipment including a decommissioned Minuteman silo tour.
Box Elder Creek, for which the city is named, runs along the north edge of the community. The Douglas School District serves Box Elder and enrolls children from military and civilian families. The district's unusual demographic composition (a substantial share of students with parents on active duty) gives it access to federal Impact Aid funding.
Escort websites covering the Box Elder area are reviewed and listed on Escortservice.com. The directory does not arrange appointments, verify licensing of any kind, or stand in between users and services. Access is limited to individuals 21 or older.
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Box Elder adjoins the main gate of Ellsworth Air Force Base and functions as the primary civilian community supporting the installation. The base, named for Brigadier General Richard E. Ellsworth who died in a 1953 B-36 crash, hosts the 28th Bomb Wing and its B-1B Lancer supersonic bombers. Ellsworth is the second-largest employer in South Dakota after Sanford Health, and much of Box Elder's population of 9,289 works at or serves the base.
The city sits in both Pennington and Meade counties just off Interstate 90, about 10 miles east of Rapid City. A major base realignment effort announced in 2019 will bring the B-21 Raider to Ellsworth, with the first aircraft expected to arrive during the 2020s, driving planned population growth in Box Elder and surrounding communities. The South Dakota Air and Space Museum, located at the Ellsworth main gate, is free to the public and displays aircraft and missile-era equipment including a decommissioned Minuteman silo tour.
Box Elder Creek, for which the city is named, runs along the north edge of the community. The Douglas School District serves Box Elder and enrolls children from military and civilian families. The district's unusual demographic composition (a substantial share of students with parents on active duty) gives it access to federal Impact Aid funding.
Escort websites covering the Box Elder area are reviewed and listed on Escortservice.com. The directory does not arrange appointments, verify licensing of any kind, or stand in between users and services. Access is limited to individuals 21 or older.
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