Vestal Springs, South Dakota

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Vestal Springs is an unincorporated community in Custer County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota. [1]

The nearby spring has the name of Frank Vestal, a cattleman who settled there. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Vestal Springs, South Dakota
  2. Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.3. University of South Dakota. p. 66.

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