Terraville, South Dakota

Terraville
Terraville in 1888.
Terraville in 1888.
Terraville is located in South Dakota
Terraville
Terraville
Location in the state of South Dakota
Coordinates: 44°21′44″N 103°45′53″W / 44.3622065°N 103.7646429°W / 44.3622065; -103.7646429[1]
CountryUnited States of America
StateSouth Dakota
CountyLawrence County
Elevation5,148 ft (1,569 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)

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.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Terraville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. February 13, 1980. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference rcj1984 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).