Blacktail
Blacktail is a ghost town in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. Blacktail was named for the black-tailed deer spotted by a settler near the town site.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States of America
- Also known as: “Black Tail”, “Blacktail, SD”, and “Blacktail, South Dakota”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Moriah Cemetery and Bullock Hotel.
Mount Moriah Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Sue, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mount Moriah Cemetery on Mount Moriah in Deadwood, South Dakota, is the burial place of Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Seth Bullock and other notable figures of the Wild West. Mount Moriah Cemetery is situated 1½ miles east of Blacktail.
Bullock Hotel
Hotel
The historic Bullock Hotel is located at the corner of Wall Street and Main Street in Deadwood, South Dakota. It was built by Seth Bullock, an early sheriff of Deadwood, and his business partner Sol Star, in around 1895 at a cost of $40,000 and is the oldest hotel in Deadwood, boasting a casino, restaurant, and 28 of its original 63 rooms. Bullock Hotel is situated 1½ miles east of Blacktail.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Central City and Lead.
Central City
Village
Central City is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 93 at the 2020 census.
Lead
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Lead is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 2,982 at the 2020 census. Lead is located in western South Dakota, in the Black Hills near the Wyoming state line.
Deadwood
Photo: Robbschultz69, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Deadwood is a town in the Black Hills of South Dakota. It is rivaled only by Tombstone, Arizona as America's most storied town from the wild frontier days.
Blacktail
- Categories: ghost town and locality
- Location: Unorganized Territory of South Lawrence, Lawrence, South Dakota, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.36998° or 44° 22′ 12″ northLongitude
-103.7602° or 103° 45′ 37″ westElevation
4,777 feet (1,456 metres)Open location code
85PR969Q+XWOpenStreetMap ID
node 151934195OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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