Merritt
Merritt is a ghost town in Lawrence County and Pennington County, South Dakota, United States of America.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in South Dakota, United States of America
- Also known as: “Merritt, South Dakota”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mystic.
Mystic
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Mystic is a ghost town in Pennington County, South Dakota. It began as a placer mining encampment called Sitting Bull in 1876, later attracting multiple railroads to the area. Mystic is situated 6 miles southwest of Merritt.
Merritt
- 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
44.14082° or 44° 8′ 27″ northLongitude
-103.56853° or 103° 34′ 7″ westElevation
5,105 feet (1,556 metres)Open location code
85PR4CRJ+8HOpenStreetMap ID
node 151757262OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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