Pickstown, South Dakota

About Pickstown

Pickstown, SD is a tiny community located in southern South Dakota with an estimated population of 230.

Pickstown holds the status of an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 0.61 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 377 residents per square mile.

📰 Pickstown News Today

• How a Government-Owned Town Became South Dakota's Most Underrated Year-Round Lake Getaway AOL.com · Oct 7
• Pickstown: The small town with plenty of history KELOLAND.com · Nov 24
• Lake Andes man arrested in Pickstown assault, theft incident Mitchell Daily Republic · Jun 18
• South Dakota Missouri River Fishing Report DRGNews · Jun 15
• Robert Charles Altenburg Obituary (2026) - Pickstown, SD - Peters Funeral Homes - Wagner Legacy | Obituary · Feb 6

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest South Dakota headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Pickstown Unique

• The only place in America named Pickstown — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in southern South Dakota, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of South Dakota — one of 485 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 8 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Pickstown

• Knotheads Bar & Grill

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Pickstown

• 🏞️ Karl E. Mundt National Wildlife Refuge · National Park reviews ★
• North Point Recreation Area reviews ★
• Randall Creek Recreation Area reviews ★
• Saint Phillips Recreation Area reviews ★
• South Shore Lakeside Use Area reviews ★
• South Shore Recreation Area reviews ★
• Spillway Lakeside Use Area reviews ★
• White Swan Lakeside Use Area reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

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