List of forts in South Dakota

The site of Fort Pierre Chouteau, a National Historic Landmark

The following is a list of forts in South Dakota.

Forts in South Dakota

The blacksmith shop at Fort Bennett

Fort Meade in 1888

Fort Randall

Name	County	Built	Notes
Fort Bennett	Stanley	1870	Originally called the Post at Cheyenne (River) Indian Agency until 1878.
Camp Bradley	Roberts	1863
Fort Brule	Union	1862	Dismantled in 1873.
Fort Buckingham	Custer	1890
Camp Burt		1875
Fort Cedar	Sully	1856
Camp Cheyenne	Meade	1890	Built in response to the Sioux Ghost Dance Uprising.
Camp Collins	Lawrence	1875
Camp Cook		1863
Camp Crook	Custer	1876	This Camp Crook was located in Custer.
Camp Crook	Custer	1876	This Camp Crook was located near Pringle.
Camp Crook	Lawrence	1876
Camp Crook	Pennington	1876	Later evolved into the town of Pactola.
Fort Dakota	Minnehaha	1865
Fort Defiance	Custer	1874	Also known as Gordon Stockade, Union Stockade, and Camp Harney.
Fort Dole	Charles Mix	1862
Camp Edwards	Brookings	1857
Camp George Dewey	Minnehaha	1898
Post at Grand River Indian Agency	Corson	1870
Fort Hale	Lyman	1870	Also called Post at Lower Brulé Indian Agency or Fort Lower Brule.
Fort Hutchinson	Yankton
Fort James		1865	Also known as Fort la Roche or Fort des Roche.
Camp Jennison	Roberts	1863
Fort Lookout	Brule	1856
Camp Marshall	Grant	1863
Fort Meade	Meade	1878	Known in its early days as Camp Ruhlen and Camp Sturgis.
New Fort Pierre	Stanley	1859
Fort Pierre Chouteau	Stanley	1831
Camp Rains	Shannon	1874
Fort Randall	Gregory	1856
Camp Rapid	Pennington	1925
Rapid City Blockhouse	Pennington	1876
Red Canyon Station	Fall River	1876	Also known as Camp Collier, Camp Jennings, Military Station, and Camp Red Canyon.
Camp Reynolds	Meade	1859
Post at Rosebud Indian Agency		1878
Fort Sisseton	Marshall	1864
Camp Stanton	Custer	1890
Camp Success	Custer	1875
Fort Sully	Hughes	1863	Also known as Fort Bartlett.
Fort Sully	Sully	1866
Camp Terry	Meade	1875	Set up by the Newton–Jenney Party.
Fort Thompson	Buffalo	1864
Camp Turtle	Pennington	1875	Used by the Newton–Jenney Party.
Camp Warren	Pennington	1857
Post at Whetstone Indian Agency	Gregory	1870
Fort Yankton	Yankton	1862

See also

• List of ghost towns in South Dakota

References

• Parker, Watson; Lambert, Hugh K. (1974). Black Hills Ghost Towns (1st ed.). Chicago, IL: The Swallow Press.
• Payette, Phil; Payette, Pete (January 31, 2009). "South Dakota Forts". North American Forts. American Forts Network. Retrieved November 27, 2013.