Trail City, South Dakota
Unincorporated community
Trail City is located in South Dakota
Trail City
Trail City
Location within the state of South Dakota
Trail City is located in the United States
Trail City
Trail City
Trail City (the United States)
Coordinates: 45°28′21″N 100°43′32″W / 45.47250°N 100.72556°W / 45.47250; -100.72556
CountryUnited States
StateSouth Dakota
CountyCorson
Elevation
[1]
2,142 ft (653 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
57657
GNIS feature ID1258590[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

  1. 1 2 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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