Novak, South Dakota
Novak, South Dakota
Cindell Spur | |
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Novak, also known as Cindell Spur, is a
History
Novak was founded next to
The mine eventually ran its course and was no longer profitable. After the mining operations shut down, most of the residents left Novak. The school closed and the remaining children traveled to Benchmark for school. Until about the 1980s, Novak had two permanently occupied houses, but soon after that, the remaining residents either died or left, and Novak was officially abandoned.[2] In 1974, the only remains of the town were two buildings and a large meadow.[3]
Geography
Novak is located in the northern Black Hills in Lawrence County,. Founded on the bank of Boxelder Creek, it is located along what is today Nemo Road. It is 2.5 miles away from Benchmark[2] and three miles northwest of Nemo.
See also
- Black Hills Gold Rush
- Nemo, South Dakota
References
- ^ a b "Novak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. February 13, 1980. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
- ^ a b c d Klock, Irma H. (June 1975). Yesterday's Gold Camps and Mines in the Northern Black Hills (1st ed.). Lead, SD: Seaton Publishing Company. pp. 87–89.
- ^ a b Parker, Watson; Lambert, Hugh K. (1974). Black Hills Ghost Towns (1st ed.). Chicago, IL: The Swallow Press. p. 146.
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