List of National Historic Landmarks in South Dakota facts for kids

The List of National Historic Landmarks in South Dakota contains the landmarks designated by the U.S. Federal Government for the U.S. state of South Dakota.

There are 16 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in South Dakota, one of which is shared with Iowa and listed by the National Park Service as primarily in that state. They have been designated in 13 of South Dakota's 66 counties. Most are along rivers, long the chief areas of human settlement in this arid place.

Current NHLs

	Landmark name	Image	Date designated	Location	County	Description
1	Arzberger Site		July 19, 1964 (#66000715)	Pierre Coordinates missing	Hughes	Archaeological site of a fortified 15th-century Native American village, believed to be Arikara.
2	Battle Mountain Sanitarium, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers		June 17, 2011 (#11000561)	Hot Springs 43°26′11″N 103°28′44″W / 43.436389°N 103.478889°W / 43.436389; -103.478889 (Battle Mountain Sanitarium, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers)	Fall River	Facility built in 1907 to treat veterans suffering rheumatism and/or tuberculosis
3	Bear Butte		December 21, 1981 (#73001746)	Sturgis 44°28′33″N 103°25′37″W / 44.475833°N 103.426944°W / 44.475833; -103.426944 (Bear Butte)	Meade	[1]
4	Blood Run Site		May 22, 1970 (#70000246)	Shindler, SD and Granite, IA 43°28′N 96°35′W / 43.47°N 96.58°W / 43.47; -96.58 (Blood Run Site)	Lincoln, SD and Lyon, IA	A Native American archaeological site, extending into Iowa
5	Bloom Site		July 19, 1964 (#66000714)	Bloom Coordinates missing	Hanson	This fortified archaeological site preserves the remains of about 25 rectangular houses dating to c. 1000 CE. The site also once contained several burial mounds, which were later destroyed by cultivation. The site was perhaps occupied by ancestors of the Mandan.
6	Crow Creek Site		July 19, 1964 (#66000710)	Chamberlain 43°58′48″N 99°19′54″W / 43.98°N 99.331667°W / 43.98; -99.331667 (Crow Creek Site)	Buffalo	Site of a prehistoric Native American massacre circa 1325.
7	Deadwood Historic District		July 4, 1961 (#66000716)	Deadwood 44°22′19″N 103°44′00″W / 44.371944°N 103.733333°W / 44.371944; -103.733333 (Deadwood Historic District)	Lawrence	Historic mining town.
8	Fort Pierre Chouteau Site		July 17, 1991 (#76001756)	Fort Pierre 44°23′21″N 100°23′28″W / 44.389167°N 100.391111°W / 44.389167; -100.391111 (Fort Pierre Chouteau Site)	Stanley	[2]
9	Fort Thompson Mounds		July 19, 1964 (#66000711)	Fort Thompson Coordinates missing	Buffalo	[3]
10	Frawley Ranch		May 5, 1977 (#74001893)	Spearfish 44°28′30″N 103°42′38″W / 44.475°N 103.710556°W / 44.475; -103.710556 (Frawley Ranch)	Lawrence	[4]
11	Langdeau Site		July 19, 1964 (#66000717)	Lower Brule Coordinates missing	Lyman	[5]
12	Mitchell Site		July 19, 1964 (#66000712)	Mitchell 43°44′30″N 98°02′02″W / 43.7416°N 98.034°W / 43.7416; -98.034 (Mitchell Site)	Davison	Archaeological site of a prehistoric Mississippian culture village. Open to the public.
13	Molstad Village		July 19, 1964 (#66000713)	Mobridge 45°27′25″N 100°21′15″W / 45.456944°N 100.354166°W / 45.456944; -100.354166 (Molstad Village)	Dewey	A fortified prehistoric village of five circular house rings enclosed by a ditch comprises this archaeological site. It represents a transitional period as the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara peoples arose from the mixing of Central Plains and Middle Missouri cultural traits.
14	Vanderbilt Archeological Site		February 18, 1997 (#97000342)	Pollock Coordinates missing	Campbell	[6]
15	Verendrye Site		July 17, 1991 (#74001899)	Fort Pierre 44°21′20″N 100°22′43″W / 44.355556°N 100.378611°W / 44.355556; -100.378611 (Verendrye Site)	Stanley	[7]
16	Wounded Knee Battlefield		December 21, 1965 (#66000719)	Pine Ridge Indian Reservation 43°08′28″N 102°21′46″W / 43.14107°N 102.36281°W / 43.14107; -102.36281 (Wounded Knee Battlefield)	Shannon	[8]

Historic areas in the United States National Park System

National Historic Sites, National Historic Parks, National Memorials, and certain other areas listed in the National Park system are historic landmarks of national importance that are highly protected already, often before the inauguration of the NHL program in 1960, and are often not also named NHLs per se. Two additional South Dakota sites have national historical importance and have been designated as National Historic Site and as a National Memorial by the National Park System.

	Monument name	Image	Established	Locality	County	Description
1	Minuteman Missile National Historic Site		December 29, 1999		Jackson and Pennington
2	Mount Rushmore National Memorial		March 3, 1925	Black Hills	Pennington