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Urban, South Dakota

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Urban is a ghost town in Custer County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.[1]

History

Urban was so named from the hope that the place would grow into something "pertaining to a city".[2]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Urban, South Dakota
  2. ^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 132.