Trail City, South Dakota

Unincorporated community in South Dakota, United States

Trail City, South Dakota

Unincorporated community

Trail City

Location within the state of South Dakota

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Trail City

Trail City (the United States)

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Coordinates: 45°28′21″N 100°43′32″W﻿ / ﻿45.47250°N 100.72556°W﻿ / 45.47250; -100.72556
Country| United States
State| South Dakota
County| Corson
Elevation

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| 2,142 ft (653 m)
Time zone| UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes|

57657

GNIS feature ID| 1258590[1]

Trail City is an unincorporated community straddling Dewey County, South Dakota and Corson County, South Dakota, United States. Although not tracked by the Census Bureau, Trail City has been assigned the ZIP code of 57657.[2]

The community was originally named Cheyenne Junction upon establishment in 1911, a reference to its location at the junction of two branches of the railroad. Due to confusion in the mails with two other South Dakota post offices (Cheyenne Agency and Cheyenne Falls), alternate town names were considered. Among the candidate town names were Rodero, Prairie, and Trail City; the latter chosen in 1912 because of the many indigenous trails that crossed in the vicinity.

The community was named for a cattle drive trail near the original town site according to some secondary sources.[3]

## References

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1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Trail City, South Dakota
2. ^ "Trail City, SD ZIP Codes". SD HomeTownLocator. HTL, Inc. Retrieved September 12, 2008.
3. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 63.

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Municipalities and communities of Corson County, South Dakota, United States

County seat: McIntosh

Cities|

* McIntosh
* McLaughlin

Town|

* Morristown

CDPs|

* Bullhead
* Kenel
* Little Eagle
* Wakpala

Other
communities|

* Athboy
* Keldron
* Mahto
* Trail City
* Walker
* Watauga

Indian reservation|

* Standing Rock Indian Reservation‡

Ghost town|

* Maple Leaf

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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