List of ghost towns in South Dakota

This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in South Dakota, United States of America.

The founders of the town of Minnesela standing on the balcony of the Minnesela Hotel in 1889.

Classification

Rockerville in 2006.

Ghost towns can include sites in various states of disrepair and abandonment. Some sites no longer have any trace of civilization and have reverted to pasture land or empty fields. Other sites are unpopulated but still have standing buildings.

Barren site

Sites no longer in existence or have been destroyed
Deserted or barren
Covered with water
Reverted to pasture
May have a few difficult-to-find foundations/footings at most

Neglected site

Only rubble left
Buildings or houses still standing, but majority are roofless

Abandoned site

Building or houses still standing but all abandoned
No population, except possibly a caretaker
Site no longer in existence except for one or two buildings

Ghost towns

A through B

The Volunteer Fire Department in Ardmore in 2010.

Sign marking the location of Burdock in 2013.

Name	County	Dates	Status	Notes
Addie Camp	Pennington	1892-1917	Neglected	Also known as Kennedyville, Canadaville, or Addie Spur.
Albany	Lawrence		Barren	Lat: 44.1999846 Long: -103.690751 According to 1974 book "Black Hills Ghost Towns, Albany only had one house even on earlier maps.
Allen's Camp	Pennington			A Mr. Allen began mining on Spring Creek some time in 1875 or 1876. He mined approximately $2000 in gold and dust. He was elected as the recorder for Slate Creek Mining District. He was elected to the Wyoming legislature when he returned to Cheyenne. Found in Andreas' Historical Atlas. (Source: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/sd/topic/ghost/allenscamp.htm )
Allerton	Lawrence		Barren	Latitude: 44.2874849 Longitude:-103.6785285 From historic road side marker - #270 Black Hills Tragedy “This was Brownsville; half a mile E, down Elk Creek in 1883, was the Hood & Scott lumber Mill near rails end at Allerton. The boarding house at Mill burnt down on 10-11 March and dying in the fire were: Albert Tunnicliff, Raisha C. Rice, James Chalmers, Samuel Haines, Fred D. Peters, Thomas Finless, Charles Hammontree, Peter and Louis Hanson, Harvey Wood and W.H. Andrews. They were buried in Mt. Moriah Cemetery in a common grave. One of the worst Hills tragedies.” Erected: 1959 Location: Lawrence County history.sd.gov
Alta	Pennington	1870s-?	Neglected	Also known as Altamine. According to the 1974 book Black Hills Ghost Towns, this small settlement was very close, nearly the same to, Myersville. As early as 1878 it had a population of 20, In 1883 The Alta Lodi Mining company built a 40 stamp mill which was later moved to Lookout. In 1893, James Cochran built a 16 ton Huntington Mill which he operated until 1917. Exploratory work continued sporadically until 1936 but it is possible according to the book's entry , only its early days could Alta be considered anything more than a single mine and its community. LAT: N44 06 14 LONG W103 44 19
American City	Lawrence		Barren	The exact location is unknown due to flooding that has destroyed all traces of the town. American City, according to the 1974 book "Black Hills Ghost Town" by Watson Parker and Hugh K. Lambert, was reportedly at the mouth of a long valley leading into Spearfish Canyon but repeated floods in the area removed all traces of it.
Anchor	Lawrence			This town was in the Ragged Top mining district. Not to be confused with Anchor City. According to the 1974 book Black Hills Ghost Town by Parker and Lambert, it possibly took its name from the Balmoral and Anchor group of mining claims.
Anchor City	Lawrence			This was an early mining camp close to Deadwood on Deadwood Creek above Golden Gate and Central City. Also called Anchor; not to be confused with Anchor. According to the 1974 book Black Hills Ghost Town by Parker and Lambert, the population in 1881 was 291.
Annie Creek	Lawrence			Also called Stanley City or Reliance. Location NE 1/4 , Section 3, T4N-R2E. According to the 1974 Black Hills Ghost Towns was located on Annie Creek. It was the Annie Creek Mining Company which was formerly known as the New Reliance and even earlier as The Reliance Group. The Reliance produce over $600,000 worth of gold up to 1916 and further sampling was done in 1935 but up to 1974 no recent production was reported. The mailing address of the Reliance Mill was Portland. The 1915 USGS map seems to show a narrow gauge railroad leading almost to the mine. The Reliance Mine is 1 1/2 miles west of Trojan or 2 miles Northeast of Elmore. According to https://www.ghosttowns.com/states/sd/anniecreek.html seems any evidence of the town is buried on the tailings of an open pit mine.
Ardmore	Fall River	1889-2004	Abandoned
Argonne	Miner	1886-1970s	Barren
Argyle	Custer		Barren	Argyle is named for an early settler to the area. No physical evidence remains, except the site rests next to the Mickelson Trail (old Burlington tracks) https://explore.digitalsd.org/digital/collection/WPGhosttown/id/325/
Arpan	Butte
Astoria	Lawrence	1887-?	Neglected	https://www.ghosttowns.com/states/sd/astoria.html
Athboy	Corson		Abandoned	This post office and small village was established west of Whitney 6 miles as Whitney was fading out of the picture somewhat. Athboy was fourth class post office near black Horse Creek (Whitney Creek). The population was 12 in 1940 and included a blacksmith shop on the corner of "Tuff Avenue and Thunder Hawk Street", as well as a grocery store and post office. Ralph Moore was the first postmaster in December 1917 and continued in the capacity until March 1944 wen the mail went to Meadow. The Ruther's maintained the general store, post office and blacksmith shop. The Ruthers also had a gas pump after cars were used in the area. Source: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/sd/topic/ghost/athboy.htm
Atlantic City	Custer		Barren	The exact location of the town and its mine are a mystery. Atlantic City, according to Black Hills Ghost Towns, was home to the Atlantic Mine and its 40 stamp mill. Atlantic Hill is in the SE ¼ of section 5 T3S – R4E north of Custer and about two miles of Bernie Siding but again, where the mine was is a mystery as apparently no ruins have been found. I have found a mine called The Atlantic through mine data which is apparently still a mine claimed. Not sure if same mine but is in Custer. Link to information about the Atlantic Mine - http://nevada-outback-gems.com/Gold_rush_history/South_Dakota/S_Dakota13.htm
Bakerville	Custer		Barren	Latitude: 43.668597 Longitude: -103.4293607 Located in Custer State Park. No remains from my own personal trips to the area. According to the 1974 book Black Hills Ghost Towns, the 1901 USGS map of the area shows just two houses here. On the south fork of Lame Johnny Creek. In 1887, according to the book, it had a post office and in 1900 a population of 27 people.
Ball	Butte		Barren	Found on a map USGennet used as a header (also discovered on 1921 Rand McNally and Company map on , it seemed to have been located on the North Fork Sulpher Creek (earlier known as also Rattle Snake Creek), very close to the Butte County - Delano (Meade) County borders. Map link - Northwest of Sulpher which was in Meade County. LOCATION (USGS MAP) - Found on 1910 NEWELL USGS map T.11.N - R.9.E Found in WPA Project book under Ghost Towns South Dakota Place Names : 25 miles Northeast of Newell , derived its name from the wife of the first postmaster, Mrs. Smith E. Russel whose maiden name was Ball. The post office was discontinued many years before the publication. 1916 Business Directory (http://files.usgwarchives.net/sd/butte/business/ball1916.txt) shows a General store. BALL. Butte county. A p o 33 miles n e of Newell on the C & N W Ry the shipping and banking point. S E Russell P M. Last Name First Name Business Russell Smith E. General Store
Balmoral	Lawrence	c. 1897-1910s	Neglected	Possibly an earlier name for Cyanide, which was in the same mining district. Also known as Ragged Top. Now known as Preston
Bangor	Walworth		Barren	https://kxrb.com/bangor-maine-is-famous-bangor-south-dakota-not-so-much-lets-take-a-road-trip/
Bear Butte	Lawrence			Not to be confused with Bear Butte, the butte located to the southeast of the town site. It is also called Bare Butte. Bear Butte was a mining town on Bear Butte Creek, approximately were Galena is now, or further east down the creek.
Bear Gulch	Lawrence	c. 1870s-?		Not to be confused with the Bear Gulch (Elkhorn) settlement in Pennington County.
Bear Gulch	Pennington		Barren (submerged)	Submerged under Pactola Lake. This was a stop along the Black Hills & Western Railroad. Not to be confused with the Lawrence County settlement by the same name. It is also called Elkhorn.
Bear Rock	Custer			An early placer mining camp. It housed the first post office in the Black Hills, which was only a cave where mail was delivered.
Beaver City	Lawrence	01/1878-?	Barren	Apparently this was a placer camp laid out January of 1878 in the Germania district, 1/2 mile above Quartz City which in turn, according to the 1974 book Black Hills Ghost Towns, was on the supposed junction of Hay and Elk Creeks.
Bernardsville	Lawrence	c. 1877-?	Barren	Exact location unknown, but is somewhere one-half mile east of the Wyoming state line.
Besant	Lawrence		Neglected	Also called Besant Flats or Besant Park.
Big Bottom	Meade	1878-1887	Neglected
Bismuth	Custer		Neglected
Black Fox	Pennington
Blacktail	Lawrence
Bloomington	Brown	?-1877	Barren	Was destroyed by outlaws. Location: Five miles north of Vermillion on a small creek.
Bluevale	Pennington	?-c. 1900	Barren	Cram's Unrivaled Atlas of the World shows Bluevale northwest of Rapid City. Population in 1890 was shown as only 18.
Bon Homme	Clay		Abandoned	Homme was a booming town during territorial day. It was destined to be the territorial capital and was later promised the territorial prison. The first school in the territory was located there. But like a lot of stories of these towns, the railroad didn't go through it.
Boughton	Lawrence		Barren	An old map shows Boughton as SW of Deadwood, on the east side of the Fort Pierre Railroad and Southwest of Pennington. Boughton possibly is the same as Broughton (I only discovered Broughton on maps personally) but since there were notable men of both names, it could be possible there was two towns in close proximity of each other. First postmaster was Eusebe C. Violin in 1880 but the post office was discontinued in October of 1882. In 1891 it had a population of 151. Broughton was located about 6 miles south of Lead on the railroad from Central City to Brownsville.
Boulder	Lawrence	?-1880s	Barren	Also called Boulder Park. Although shown on some early maps, Boulder shows no population in the 1890 Census. Be about 4.5 miles southwest of Sturgis.
Brashville	Lawrence	February 2, 1881-June 1882		The dates listed are the dates that the post office was in operation. John Brasch was installed as postmaster on Feb. 2nd 1881 but the post office was discontinued in June of 1882.
Brennan	Pennington			Also called Warbonnet and Siding Eleven.
Buena Vista	Fall River		Neglected
Buena Viste	Lawrence		Barren
Bugtown	Custer	?-1880s	Barren
Burdock	Fall River		Neglected	Also called Argentine.

C through D

Name	County	Dates	Status	Notes
Calcite	Meade		Barren	Also called Quarry.
Canyon City	Pennington		Neglected
Carbonate	Lawrence	c. 1881-1939	Neglected	The town was mostly abandoned in 1891, but the town's last resident died in 1939. It was also called West Virginia, Virginia, Carbonate Camp, Carbonate City, and Crow Creek Carbonate Camp.
Cartersville	Lawrence			Not to be confused with Carterville. Also called Lincoln.
Carterville	Pennington	1879-?		Not to be confused with Cartersville. Also called Carter.
Carwye	Meade		Barren
Cascade	Fall River	1888-?	Abandoned	Also called Cascade Springs.
Castle Rock	Butte	1910-?
Castleton	Pennington	1876-1880, 1890s	Neglected	The town was abandoned twice: first in 1880, when the mines failed; and again in the 1890s.
Castleville		1877-1879	Barren	The location of the town is unknown other than that it was located in or around the Black Hills. It could have also been located in Wyoming.
Centennial City	Lawrence		Barren	Existed around 1876.
Centennial Park	Lawrence		Barren	Had a population of 52 in 1900.
Channing	Lawrence		Barren	It was a very small town that was only shown on one map. It was about 3 miles northwest of Nemo.
Cheyenne Falls	Fall River		Barren	A very small community that never had a large population. It had a post office in 1900.
Coal Springs	Perkins
Cold Springs	Custer		Abandoned	This mining town once had a school and cemetery.
Conata	Pennington
Copper Camp	Pennington	c. 1900-?
Creston	Pennington		Neglected
Cyanide	Lawrence		Neglected	Was in the same mining district as Balmoral, Preston, and Dacy.
Dacy	Lawrence	?-c. 1915	Barren	Was in the same mining district as Balmoral, Cyanide, and Preston.
Dansby	Custer	?-1886	Barren	Had a maximum population of 50-75 people. Also named Danby.
Deerfield	Pennington		Barren (submerged)	Also called Mountain and Mountain City. The town site is underwater.
Deermont	Butte
Devoe	Faulk
Diamond City	Lawrence		Barren	Existed around 1880. The surviving ruins of the town were torn down in 1967.
Dumont	Lawrence	1890-?	Barren
Dyce	Moody			Historic post office[1]

E through H

The former site of East Sioux Falls in 2009.

Name	County	Dates	Status	Notes
East Sioux Falls	Minnehaha
Elizabethtown	Lawrence			Later incorporated into Deadwood.
Elmore	Lawrence		Abandoned
Emmet	Union	1871-?	Neglected
Englewood	Lawrence			Also called Ten Mile Ranch.
Etta	Pennington		Barren	Also called Etta Camp.
Eureka	Pennington			Not to be confused with Eureka in McPherson County.
Evans Place	Lawrence		Barren	Its exact location is unknown.
Everts	Walworth		Barren
Fair View	Pennington		Barren	Existed around 1887.
Farmingdale	Pennington		Abandoned
Firesteel	Davison	1875-?	Barren
Flatiron	Lawrence	1890s-?	Neglected	Not to be confused with the other Flatiron. It was a successful mining town from the 1890s until about the 1930s.
Flatiron	Lawrence	c. 1921-?	Barren	Not to be confused with the Flatiron which was much bigger and existed long before this town.
Flora	Custer	1890s	Barren	Was a tin mining town. Its exact location is unknown.
Floral	Pennington		Neglected	Also called Florence. Not to be confused with Florence, South Dakota located in Codington County; or the similarly-named ghost town Flora.
Folsom	Custer			Was a gold mining town.
Forest City				Submerged under Lake Oahe.
Fountain City	Lawrence			Also called Mountain City. Was incorporated into Deadwood.
Gayville	Lawrence			Also called Troy, it was an early placer mining camp that had a significant population, but was later absorbed into Deadwood. Not to be confused with the Gayville in Yankton County.
Gibralter	Meade	1877-?	Barren	Also spelled Gibraltar.
Glendale	Pennington	1880s-?		Also called Otho.
Golden Centre	Lawrence
Golden Summit	Pennington			Also called Summit. Not to be confused with Summit, also located in Pennington County.
Golden West	Pennington	c. 1900-c. 1920	Barren
Gold Hill	Lawrence
Gopher	Corson	1910-?	Barren
Gothland	Union
Grandview	Pennington		Barren
Greenwood	Lawrence	1885-1912	Barren	Also called Laflin. The last house was torn down in 1971.
Gregory	Lawrence	1879-?	Barren	Also called Montana City. Not to be confused with the Gregory, South Dakota located in Gregory County; or the other Montana City in Lawrence County.
Griggs	Lawrence		Barren
Hagginsville
Hammer	Roberts	?-1930s	Neglected
Harney	Pennington	1876-1900	Abandoned	Not to be confused with the military encampment by the same name in Custer County.
Hayward	Pennington	11/1876-?	Abandoned	Also spelled Hayword.
Heppner	Fall River
Hillhead	Marshall	1915-1970s	Neglected	Also called Hilltop or Airmont.
Hillside	Butte		Neglected
Hill Side	Union
Hooker	Turner		Abandoned
Hoover	Butte
Hornblende Camp	Pennington	1899-1915	Barren	Also called Horneblende.
Huseboe	Corson		Neglected	Also called Lightcap.
Hustleton	Pennington			Existed around January 1877.

I through L

Storage building in Igloo, photographed in 2008.

Name	County	Dates	Status	Notes
Igloo	Fall River	c. 1942-after 1970	Abandoned	Also known as the Black Hills Ordnance Depot, it was a residential community located near a munitions storage and maintenance facility.
Imlay	Jackson	1907-?	Neglected
Ivanhoe	Custer		Barren	Not to be confused with Yamboya, which was also called Ivanhoe but was a separate community.
Junction City	Custer	c. 09/1879-c. 1881	Neglected
Kiddville	Custer	before September 20, 1879-?	Neglected
Lakeview	Todd		Neglected	Only the school and church are still in use by the farming community, but the actual town no longer exists.
Lancaster City	Lawrence		Barren
Lauzon	Custer		Neglected
LeBeau	Walworth		Barren (submerged)	It is submerged beneath Lake Oahe.
Lentz	Lawrence
Lexington	Lawrence		Barren
Lily	Day	1883-2017	Dissolved	Dissolved in March 2017 by the Day County court due to its population reaching zero.[2]
Lithia	Fall River		Barren	Most likely submerged beneath Angostura Lake.
Lone Camp	Lawrence		Barren	Was an early mining camp. The exact location is unknown, but it was around Maitland and Carbonate.
Lookout	Pennington	c. 1884-c. 1890	Neglected	The residential community of Fort Lookout.
Lost Camp	Lawrence		Neglected
Luffman	Marshall		Barren

M through O

Aerial view of Manchester after the tornado outbreak that destroyed the town in 2003.

Name	County	Dates	Status	Notes
Macy	Butte
Maitland	Lawrence	1877-c. 1915	Neglected	Also called Midland, Garden City, and Sherman.
Maitland	Fall River		Barren
Manchester	Kingsbury	June 29, 1881-June 24, 2003	Barren	The town was already in decline when it was completely destroyed during the 2003 South Dakota tornado outbreak. All that remains are the foundations of the buildings.
March
Marietta	Fall River		Barren
Martin Valley	Custer
Mason	Butte
Maurice	Lawrence			Now the site of the power plant for the Homestake Mine.
Maverick	Pennington		Neglected	Existed around 1891.
Mayo	Custer		Neglected
Melvin	Custer
Merritt	Lawrence		Barren
Middle Boxelder	Lawrence		Barren	This town's existence was proven by early photographs. However, its exact location is unknown.
Minneapolis	Pennington		Barren
Minnelusa	Pennington		Barren	Existed in 1920.
Minnesela	Butte	1882-1901	Barren	The first county seat of Butte County, it was notable for its rivalry with the neighboring town of Belle Fourche in the 1890s.
Mogul	Lawrence
Montana City	Lawrence	1879-?		Not to be confused with Gregory, South Dakota, which was also called Montana City and was also located in Lawrence County. Montana City later became part of Deadwood.
Montezuma	Lawrence
Moon	Pennington		Neglected
Morganfield	Union
Moss City	Custer			Its exact location is unknown. It was most likely in eastern Custer County. It had a post office during the Black Hills Gold Rush days, but its population was never determined.
Myers City	Pennington		Neglected	Also called Myersville.
Mystic	Pennington		Abandoned	Also called Sitting Bull.
Nahant	Lawrence	1890-?	Barren
Nasby	Lawrence		Barren	Existed around 1910 as a booming logging camp.
Nerve City	Lawrence	1896		Located about 1,500 feet (460 m) north of Balmoral.
New Berlin	Lawrence	1878-?	Barren
New Chicago	Lawrence	c. 1875-1877	Barren	Was a camp later absorbed into Maitland, South Dakota.
Newton City	Pennington	c. 1878-?	Barren
North Galena	Lawrence		Barren	The exact location is unknown, but it was probably somewhere around Galena. It was also called Carter City.
Novak	Lawrence		Neglected	Also called Cindell Spur.
Nugget City	Lawrence		Barren	Was in existence before or around 1898.
Oak Flat	Lawrence		Barren
Ochre City	Pennington		Barren	Was a booming mining community around 1879.
Okobojo	Sully		Neglected
Old Ashton	Spink		Neglected
Ordway	Brown
Oro	Lawrence			Also called North Lead.
Oreville
Otis	Custer		Barren	The Custer State Game Lodge was built on the site of the town's mill.

P through R

Name	County	Dates	Status	Notes
Pactola	Pennington		Barren (submerged)	Submerged beneath Pactola Lake.
Pearl City
Pedro	Pennington
Perry				Also called Lewisville.
Pine Grove	Lawrence		Barren	The only indication of the site is that it was within twenty miles of Deadwood.
Pinkerton	Pennington		Barren
Placerville	Pennington		Barren
Pluma	Lawrence		Abandoned
Poorman's Gulch	Lawrence		Barren	An early mining camp near Central City. Its exact location is unknown.
Postville	Meade		Barren	Was in existence around 1891.
Potato Town	Lawrence		Barren	Also called Potato Creek, after the town it was located on.
Preston	Lawrence	c. 1897-?	Neglected	Was in the same area as Balmoral, Dacy, and Cyanide.
Purewater	Todd		Neglected
Quartz City	Lawrence	01/1878-?	Barren	Due to the inaccuracy of the maps drawn of the area, its exact location is unknown.
Queen Bee	Pennington	1880s-1930s	Barren	A large fire destroyed all remains of the town in the 1930s.
Ragged Top	Lawrence	1880s-c. 1915	Neglected	Was also the name of the school district and mining district in which Preston, Cyanide, Dacy, and Balmoral were also included.
Reausaw	Lawrence		Abandoned	Also spelled Reavsaw.
Red Fern	Lawrence		Barren
Redwater	Butte		Barren	Existed around 1921.
Reed	Butte	1905-1910	Neglected	Only the school house remains.
Richmond	Lawrence	c. 1880-c. 1945	Neglected
Rockerville	Pennington	1870s-1930s	Abandoned	The site has been rebuilt and is now a tourist attraction. Also called Rockville.
Rosedale	Pennington			Existed around 1935.
Rossville	Pennington			Was in existence around 1883.
Runkel	Meade	c. 1900-?	Barren	The only real marker of the town is an apple orchard that still stands today. Also spelled Runkle.

S through T

Name	County	Dates	Status	Notes
Sacora	Meade		Barren	Existed around 1891.
Safe Investment	Lawrence			Also called Spruce.
Sampont	Butte
Saratoga	Lawrence		Barren
Sheridan	Pennington	fall 1875-after 1930	Barren (submerged)	Also called Golden City, it was submerged under Sheridan Lake.
Silver City	Lawrence			An early mining town on Bald Mountain. Not to be confused with the Silver City in Pennington County, which is still active.
Slabtown	Lawrence			The town only survived for two years. Its post office was later moved to Novak.
Snoma	Butte	1885-?	Barren	The town was once home to the Snoma Finnish Cemetery, an NRHP-listed place. It was probably intended to be called Suomi or Suoma.
South Bend	Lawrence			It had a population of 116 in 1880, but when it was abandoned, the residents moved to Central City.
Sparta City	Lawrence	1878-?	Barren	Its exact location is unknown.
Spokane	Custer	c. 1890	Neglected	A few homes still stand. Mine was filled in by USFS
Spring-On-The-Hill	Custer		Barren
Squaw Creek	Lawrence		Barren	Its exact location is unknown.
Stamford	Jackson	1909-1934		Burned down 3 times before its closing.
String Town Logging Camp	Lawrence	1899-1908
Summit	Custer
Summit	Lawrence
Summit	Pennington
Sylvan City	Custer		Barren
Teddy Bear	Pennington		Neglected
Teepee			Barren
Tenderfoot	Custer		Neglected
Terraville	Lawrence	1877-1982	Barren
Terry	Lawrence	1876-?	Barren
Texana	Lawrence
Texas Town	Union		Barren	All that remains is a cemetery. It is also called Texas.
Tigerville	Pennington	1878-1885	Neglected	Also called Tiger City.
Tinton	Lawrence	?-1950s	Neglected
Tepee	Pennington		Neglected
Travare	Roberts		Neglected	Was the original county seat of Roberts County.
Trojan	Lawrence	?-1959	Neglected	Also called Portland.
Twilight	Butte	1917-?	Barren	Established as a post office in 1914 at the Oens Ranch and was called Oens Ranch until 1917 . Then the patrons decided they wanted a new name so each suggested a name and the list was sent to the post office department who decided on Twilight, the last name on the list. Among other names suggested were Sage Brush and Trail Creek. Source
Two-Bit	Lawrence	1876-1900s	Barren	Also called Two Bit.

V through Z

Name	County	Dates	Status	Notes
Victoria	Lawrence			Not to be confused with the Pennington County location.
Victoria	Pennington			Not to be confused with the Lawrence County location.
Virginia City	Lawrence			Also called Virginia Moll. Not to be confused with Carbonate, which was alternatively called West Virginia or simply Virginia.
Volunteer	Meade		Barren	Existed in the early 1900s.
Wealthy	Pennington		Barren
Westford	Custer
Weta	Jackson	1907-?	Neglected
Whitetail	Lawrence			Existed around 1900.
Whitewood City	Lawrence		Barren	Not to be confused with Whitewood, which is still an active community.
Williamsburg	Lawrence		Barren	The exact location is unknown. The town existed in the early days of the Black Hills Gold Rush.
Winship	Brown	1889-?	Barren
Woodville	Lawrence
Yamboya	Custer		Barren	Also called Ivanhoe. Not to be confused with the other settlement called Ivanhoe, which was also in Custer County but was a different town.
Young	Pennington		Barren	It was mentioned in a newspaper in fall 1879.

Notes

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dyce, South Dakota
Lusk, Victoria. "History, memories bond as 130-year-old town dissolves". Farm Forum. Aberdeen News Co. Retrieved 19 September 2017.

References

Engebretson, Pat; Heck, Kay; Herrett, Helen (1989). A History of Butte County, South Dakota. Dallas, TX: Curtis Media. ISBN 0-88107-139-0.
Parker, Watson; Lambert, Hugh K. (1974). Black Hills Ghost Towns (1st ed.). Chicago, IL: The Swallow Press. ISBN 0-8040-0637-7.
Klock, Irma H. (June 1975). Yesterday's Gold Camps and Mines in the Northern Black Hills (1st ed.). Lead, SD: Seaton Publishing Company.
Wolle, Muriel Sibell (1966) [1953]. The Bonanza Trail: Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of the West (5th ed.). Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press.
"Ghost Towns in South Dakota". Ghost Towns. Retrieved September 28, 2013.

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dyce, South Dakota

[2] Lusk, Victoria. "History, memories bond as 130-year-old town dissolves". Farm Forum. Aberdeen News Co. Retrieved 19 September 2017.