List of National Historic Landmarks in South Dakota

The List of National Historic Landmarks in South Dakota contains the landmarks designated by the U.S. Federal Government for the U.S. state of South Dakota.

Arzberger site

Bear Butte

Blood Run

Bloom site

Crow Creek site

Deadwood

Fort Pierre Chouteau

Fort Thompson Mounds

Frawley Ranch

Langdeau site

Mitchell site

Molstad Village

Verendrye site

Wounded Knee Battlefield

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South Dakota National Historic Landmarks (clickable map)

There are 16 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in South Dakota, one of which is shared with Iowa and listed by the National Park Service as primarily in that state. They have been designated in 13 of South Dakota's 66 counties. Most are along rivers, long the chief areas of human settlement in this arid place.

Current NHLs

[1]	Landmark name	Image	Date designated [2]	Location	County	Description
1	Arzberger site	Arzberger site	July 19, 1964 (#66000715)	Pierre Address Restricted	Hughes	Archaeological site of a fortified 15th-century Native American village, believed to be Arikara.
2	Battle Mountain Sanitarium, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers	Battle Mountain Sanitarium, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers More images	June 17, 2011 (#11000561)	Hot Springs 43°26′11″N103°28′44″W / 43.436389°N 103.478889°W / 43.436389; -103.478889 (Battle Mountain Sanitarium, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers)	Fall River	Facility built in 1907 to treat veterans suffering rheumatism and/or tuberculosis
3	Bear Butte	Bear Butte More images	December 21, 1981 (#73001746)	Sturgis 44°28′33″N103°25′37″W / 44.475833°N 103.426944°W / 44.475833; -103.426944 (Bear Butte)	Meade
4	Blood Run Site	Blood Run Site More images	May 22, 1970 (#70000246)	Shindler, South Dakota and Granite, Iowa 43°28′N96°35′W / 43.47°N 96.58°W / 43.47; -96.58 (Blood Run Site)	Lincoln, South Dakota and Lyon, Iowa	A Native American archaeological site, extending into Iowa
5	Bloom Site	Bloom Site	July 19, 1964 (#66000714)	Bloom Address Restricted	Hanson	This fortified archaeological site preserves the remains of about 25 rectangular houses dating to c. 1000 CE. The site also once contained several burial mounds, which were later destroyed by cultivation. The site was perhaps occupied by ancestors of the Mandan.
6	Crow Creek Site	Crow Creek Site	July 19, 1964 (#66000710)	Chamberlain 43°58′48″N99°19′54″W / 43.98°N 99.331667°W / 43.98; -99.331667 (Crow Creek Site)	Buffalo	Site of a prehistoric Native American massacre circa 1325.
7	Deadwood Historic District	Deadwood Historic District More images	July 4, 1961 (#66000716)	Deadwood 44°22′19″N103°44′00″W / 44.371944°N 103.733333°W / 44.371944; -103.733333 (Deadwood Historic District)	Lawrence	Historic mining town.
8	Fort Pierre Chouteau Site	Fort Pierre Chouteau Site More images	July 17, 1991 (#76001756)	Fort Pierre 44°23′21″N100°23′28″W / 44.389167°N 100.391111°W / 44.389167; -100.391111 (Fort Pierre Chouteau Site)	Stanley
9	Fort Thompson Mounds	Fort Thompson Mounds	July 19, 1964 (#66000711)	Fort Thompson [3] 44°02′00″N99°22′40″W / 44.033333°N 99.377778°W / 44.033333; -99.377778 (Fort Thompson Mounds)	Buffalo	A complex of many burial mounds along the Missouri River
10	Frawley Ranch	Frawley Ranch More images	May 5, 1977 (#74001893)	Spearfish 44°28′30″N103°42′38″W / 44.475°N 103.710556°W / 44.475; -103.710556 (Frawley Ranch)	Lawrence
11	Langdeau Site	Langdeau Site	July 19, 1964 (#66000717)	Lower Brule Address Restricted	Lyman
12	Mitchell Site	Mitchell Site More images	July 19, 1964 (#66000712)	Mitchell 43°44′30″N98°02′02″W / 43.7416°N 98.034°W / 43.7416; -98.034 (Mitchell Site)	Davison	Archaeological site of a prehistoric Mississippian culture village. Open to the public.
13	Molstad Village	Molstad Village	July 19, 1964 (#66000713)	Mobridge 45°27′25″N100°21′15″W / 45.456944°N 100.354166°W / 45.456944; -100.354166 (Molstad Village)	Dewey	A fortified prehistoric village of five circular house rings enclosed by a ditch comprises this archaeological site. It represents a transitional period as the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara peoples arose from the mixing of Central Plains and Middle Missouri cultural traits.
14	Vanderbilt Archeological Site		February 18, 1997 (#97000342)	Pollock Address Restricted	Campbell
15	Verendrye Site	Verendrye Site More images	July 17, 1991 (#74001899)	Fort Pierre 44°21′20″N100°22′43″W / 44.355556°N 100.378611°W / 44.355556; -100.378611 (Verendrye Site)	Stanley
16	Wounded Knee National Historic Landmark	Wounded Knee National Historic Landmark More images	December 21, 1965 (#66000719)	Pine Ridge Indian Reservation 43°08′28″N102°21′46″W / 43.14107°N 102.36281°W / 43.14107; -102.36281 (Wounded Knee National Historic Landmark)	Oglala Lakota

Historic areas in the United States National Park System

National Historic Sites, National Historic Parks, National Memorials, and certain other areas listed in the National Park system are historic landmarks of national importance that are highly protected already, often before the inauguration of the NHL program in 1960, and are often not also named NHLs per se. Two additional South Dakota sites have national historical importance and have been designated as National Historic Site and as a National Memorial by the National Park System.

	Monument name [4]	Image	Established [4]	Locality [4] [5]	County [4]	Description [5]
1	Minuteman Missile National Historic Site		December 29, 1999		Jackson and Pennington
2	Mount Rushmore National Memorial		March 3, 1925	Black Hills	Pennington

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in South Dakota
• History of South Dakota
• List of National Natural Landmarks in South Dakota

References

1. Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
2. The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
3. Neuman, Robert W. "Projectile Points from Preceramic Occupations Near Fort Thompson, South Dakota: A Preliminary Report". Plains Anthropologist 9.25 (1964): 173-189: 176.
4. National Park Service (June 2011). "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 5, 2011. Retrieved July 4, 2011..
5. National Park Service. "National Historic Landmark Program: NHL Database". Archived from the original on June 6, 2004. Retrieved September 22, 2007.