Silver City, South Dakota
Silver City, South Dakota
Elkhorn Prairie | |
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| Area code | 605 |
| GNIS feature ID | 5769045 |
Silver City is an unincorporated community in Pennington County, South Dakota, United States, outside Rapid City. It lies at the head of Pactola Lake on Rapid Creek, and is about 5 miles west of U.S. Route 385 via a paved county road.[1] It is not tracked by the U.S. Census Bureau.
History
The area was first referenced by
Black Hills and Western Railroad until its abandonment a few years before the construction of Pactola Dam
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Today, the town is a resort area with a campground and cabins for rental. There is also a church.Volksmarch that goes around Pactola Lake.[4]
Notes
- ^ a b "Silver City - South Dakota Ghost Town". Retrieved February 11, 2007.
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 60.
- ^ Wolle, Muriel Sibell (1966) [1953]. The Bonanza Trail: Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of the West (5th ed.). Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. pp. 446–447.
- ^ "Silver City". Retrieved February 11, 2007.
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