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Welcome to Red Shirt ...

Red Shirt is located in Oglala Lakota County<1>.

Red Shirt is 2,690 feet [820 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Red Shirt is ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Red Shirt lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Red Shirt: 605

Communities near Red Shirt ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Red Shirt.

  • Hermosa
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Fairburn
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Scenic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Creston ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Creston is located in Pennington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
  • Caputa
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Buffalo Gap
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Rockyford
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Rockyford is located in Oglala Lakota County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockyford
  • Hayward ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Hayward is located in Pennington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
  • Imlay
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Imlay is located in Pennington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imlay
    • Estimated population in 2014: 7 people
  • Oral
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Oral is located in Fall River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oral
    • Estimated population in 2014: 206 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oral <3>

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 Red Shirt. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Red Shirt.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Red Shirt. 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 Red Shirt.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Red Shirt. See our Newspapers Page for Red Shirt.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Red Shirt ...

Looking for more information about Red Shirt? 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 Red Shirt, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Red Shirt.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Dakota's counties, including Oglala Lakota, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Red Shirt - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.