Terraville
Terraville is a ghost town in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. It was founded in 1877 as a mining camp and later evolved into a town. It was purchased by the Homestake Mining Company and was destroyed in 1982 to make way for a new mine.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in United States of America
- Also known as: “Terraville, SD” and “Terraville, 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 2 miles northeast of Terraville.
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 2 miles northeast of Terraville.
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
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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.
Terraville
- 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
44.36221° or 44° 21′ 44″ northLongitude
-103.76464° or 103° 45′ 53″ westElevation
5,148 feet (1,569 metres)Open location code
85PR966P+V4OpenStreetMap ID
node 151443478OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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