Urban, South Dakota

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Urban is a ghost town in Custer County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota. [1]

History

The town of Urban was named after the hope that it would become something "pertaining to a city"(i.e. comparable to a city). [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Urban, South Dakota
  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. 132.

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