Crook City, South Dakota

About Crook City

Set in the western part of South Dakota, Crook City is a small unincorporated community.

Crook City holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.91 square miles.

📰 Crook City News Today

• Work starts April 7 on Highway 85 left-turn lanes near Spearfish KOTA Territory News · Apr 5
• Whitewood, South Dakota Population 2026 World Population Review · Aug 15
• Violet Janeen Potter Obituary Feb 28, 2018 Kinkade Funeral Chapel · Dec 13
• The town that used to be beneath Pactola Reservoir KOTA Territory News · Jul 24
• Suicide Rates in South Dakota, Plus Stats by Race and County Dakota Free Press · Jul 26

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What Makes Crook City Unique

• The only place in America named Crook City — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in western South Dakota, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.

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