Blacktail, South Dakota

Blacktail, South Dakota Black Tail
Ghost town
Blacktail Location of Blacktail in South Dakota
Coordinates: 44°22′12″N103°45′37″W / 44.3699843°N 103.7601982°W / 44.3699843; -103.7601982 [1]
Country	United States
State	South Dakota
County	Lawrence
Elevation [1]	4,777 ft (1,456 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)

Blacktail (also known as Black Tail) is a ghost town in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. ^[1]

Blacktail was named for the black-tailed deer spotted by a settler near the town site. ^[2] Blacktail was an early mining camp in which some of the Homestake Mine's mills operated. While the town flourished for a while, it eventually became a ghost town. It was located between Central City and Gayville, and in the area where Blacktail Gulch and Bobtail Gulch meet. ^[3] The site has an elevation of 4,777 feet (1,456 m). ^[1]

See also

• Lead, South Dakota

References

1. "Blacktail". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. February 13, 1980. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
2. Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 44.
3. Parker, Watson, and Hugh K. Lambert. Black Hills Ghost Towns. First ed. Vol. 1. Chicago, IL: The Swallow Press Incorporated, 1974. 188-91. 1 vols. Print.