South Dakota
Buffalo
Unorganized Territory of Crow Creek

Fort Thompson

Fort Thompson is a census-designated place in , , United States. The population was 1,282 at the 2010 census, making it the largest settlement on the Crow Creek Reservation.
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  • Type: Town with 1,280 residents
  • Description: census-designated place in Buffalo County, South Dakota, United States
  • Also known as: “Fort Thompson, SD” and “Fort Thompson, South Dakota”
  • Postal code: 57339

Places of Interest

Highlights include Big Bend Dam.

Power station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a major embankment rolled-earth dam on the in Central , , creating . The dam was constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as part of the Pick-Sloan Plan for Missouri watershed development authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1944. is situated 2 miles south of Fort Thompson.

Fort Thompson

Latitude
44.0686° or 44° 4′ 7″ north
Longitude
-99.43789° or 99° 26′ 16″ west
Population
1,280
Elevation
1,440 feet (439 metres)
Open location code
86P23H96+CR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151909023
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5227856
Wiki­data ID
Q1438770
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Satellite Map

Discover Fort Thompson from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Western Frisian—“Fort Thompson” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Fort Thompson”
  • Catalan: “Fort Thompson”
  • Cebuano: “Fort Thompson”
  • Chechen: “Форт-Томпсон”
  • Chinese: “Fort Thompson”
  • Dutch: “Fort Thompson”
  • French: “Fort Thompson”
  • German: “Fort Thompson”
  • Gilaki: “فؤرت تامپسن (نسايي داکؤتا)”
  • Gilaki: “فؤرت تامپسن”
  • Irish: “Fort Thompson”
  • Italian: “Fort Thompson”
  • Ladin: “Fort Thompson”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Fort Thompson”
  • Persian: “فرت تامپسن”
  • Polish: “Fort Thompson”
  • Portuguese: “Fort Thompson (Dacota do Sul)”
  • Portuguese: “Fort Thompson”
  • Serbian: “Форт Томпсон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Fort Thompson, South Dakota”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Fort Thompson”
  • Spanish: “Fort Thompson”
  • Tatar: “Форт-Томпсон”
  • Ukrainian: “Форт-Томпсон”
  • Urdu: “فورٹ تھامسن، جنوبی ڈکوٹا”
  • Urdu: “فورٹ تھامسن”
  • Volapük: “Fort Thompson (SD)”
  • Volapük: “Fort Thompson (South Dakota)”
  • Volapük: “Fort Thompson, SD”
  • Volapük: “Fort Thompson, South Dakota”
  • Volapük: “Fort Thompson”
  • Western Frisian: “Fort Thompson”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Lees Corner and Lower Brule.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Fort Thompson Post Office and Lode Star Casino & Restaurant.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fort Thompson”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.