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• 1872 County Map of Dakota

• 1895 U.S. Atlas - South Dakota

  Scanned images of county and state maps, index of towns.

• American Memory Panoramic Maps 1847-1929 - South Dakota

  From the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.

• American Memory Railroad Maps 1828-1900 - South Dakota

  From the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.

• Ancestry.com - Search Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers

  Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

  • Ancestry.com - U.S. Map Collection, 1513-1990 - Mid Western States

    A collection of a variety of maps created for different scopes and purposes, including political and geographical. The maps are categorized as follows: cadastral, discovery and exploration, military, panoramic, thematic, topographic, transportation.

  • Ancestry.com - U.S. Map Collection, 1513-1990 - South Dakota

    A collection of a variety of maps created for different scopes and purposes, including political and geographical. The maps are categorized as follows: cadastral, discovery and exploration, military, panoramic, thematic, topographic, transportation.

• Andreas' Historical Atlas of Dakota

• Atlas of Historical County Boundaries

  From the Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois. Includes for each state: Interactive Map; Index of County and Equivalents; Consolidated Chronology; Individual County Chronologies; Bibliography and Sources; Historical Commentary; Metadata - Summary Form; Metadata - Full FGDC Form; Download GIS Files; Download KMZ Files; Download PDF Files.

  • Dakota Territory

  • South Dakota

• Color Landform Atlas: South Dakota

  Including a map of counties and a map for 1895.

• Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

  From the USGS. Provides cemetery location information, as well as other physical features within a county and state.

• MapQuest: World Atlas: South Dakota

• RootsWeb Town Search - TownCo

  Enter the name of a U.S. town to learn the name of the county where that town is located.

• The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - South Dakota Maps

  From The University of Texas at Austin.

  • Map of South Dakota Counties

• U.S. Census Bureau - State and County QuickFacts - South Dakota County Selection Map

• USGenWeb Archives, United States Digital Map Library

  • South Dakota Digital Map Library

• Yale Peabody Museum: GNIS - South Dakota

  Search the USGS Geographic Names Database. You can limit the search to a specific county in this state and search for any of the following features: airport arch area arroyo bar basin bay beach bench bend bridge building canal cape cemetery channel church cliff crater crossing dam falls flat forest gap geyser glacier gut harbor hospital island isthmus lake lava levee locale mine oilfield other park pillar plain ppl range rapids reserve reservoir ridge school sea slope spring stream summit swamp tower trail tunnel valley well woods.