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Lead (pronounced as "leed") is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 3,027 at the 2000 census. Lead is located in western South Dakota, in the Black Hills near the Wyoming state line. The town was officially founded in 1876 after the discovery of gold. It is the site of the Homestake Mine, the largest and most productive gold mine in the Western Hemisphere before closing in 2001.

Lead is located at 44213N, 1034557W (44.350967, -103.765784)GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.2 km (2.0 mi), all land.

Lead has been assigned the ZIP code 57754 and the FIPS place code 36220.

Lead's proximity to Deadwood, South Dakota, often leads to the two towns being collectively named "Lead-Deadwood".

Two prominent man-made features of Lead's geography are the giant open cut, which was used for surface gold mining by the Homestake Mine, and the resulting ridge nearby built with the non-producing material from the cut.