Welcome to Crook City ...
Crook City is located in Lawrence County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Crook City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.
Crook City is 3,710 feet [1,131 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Crook City is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: Crook City lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Crook City: 605
Communities Also Named Crook City ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Crook City - it's located in Arizona.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Crook City.
Communities near Crook City ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Crook City.
- Spearfish
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spearfish have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearfish
- Spearfish is located in Lawrence County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,900 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spearfish <4>
- Sturgis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Belle Fourche
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lead. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lead
- Lead is located in Lawrence County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,947 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lead <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Lead
- From Crook City to Lead
- North Spearfish
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Spearfish have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spearfish
- North Spearfish is located in Lawrence County
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,221 people
- Deadwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Piedmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Trojan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lancaster City ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lancaster City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster City
- Lancaster City is located in Lawrence County
- Estimated population in 2014: 419 people
- Saint Onge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Crook City. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Crook City.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Crook City. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Crook City.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Crook City. See our Newspapers Page for Crook City.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Crook City ...
Looking for more information about Crook City? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Crook City, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Crook City.
Adding Crook City to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Crook City in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Crook City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Crook City post office opened in 1877.
We also found Crook City in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Crook City.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of South Dakota's counties, including Lawrence, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Crook City - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |