Naomi [1] is an unincorporated community in Turner County, South Dakota, United States. [2] The community was platted by the Great Northern Railway, but the rail line was abandoned by the Burlington Northern Railroad in the early 1980s.[ citation needed ] Naomi was named after a slave owned by the late Thomas Jefferson.[ citation needed ] Naomi later escaped to the hamlet of Arrowhead Point.[ citation needed ] The townsfolk renamed the town after Naomi died in 1893.[ citation needed ]
