Mystic, South Dakota

Mystic is an unincorporated community in Pennington County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.

History

A post office called Mystic was established in 1895, and remained in operation until 1954.^[1] It was supposed that the local Indians believed the surrounding area to be full of mystery, hence the name.^[2] A former variant name was Sitting Bull.^[3]

References

↑ "Pennington County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
↑ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 52.
↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mystic, South Dakota

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

County seat: Rapid City

Cities	Box Elder‡ Hill City New Underwood Rapid City

Towns	Keystone Quinn Wall Wasta

CDPs	Ashland Heights Colonial Pine Hills Green Valley Johnson Siding Rapid Valley

Other unincorporated communities	Ajax Caputa Creston Deerfield Ellsworth AFB‡ Farmingdale Hisega Imlay Mystic Owanka Rochford Rockerville Scenic Silver City Three Forks

Ghost towns	Addie Camp Conata Creighton Etta Moon Myers City Pactola Pedro Sheridan Tigerville

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

Coordinates: 44°04′37″N 103°38′30″W / 44.07694°N 103.64167°W / 44.07694; -103.64167

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