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Dacy

A vanished town in Lawrence County, South Dakota.

Survey record — verification pendingFILED: SD

Dacy

Lawrence County, South Dakota

records pending
Classification
Vanished town (federal archive)
Coordinates
44.3542° N, 103.9088° W

What the record shows

Dacyappears in the U.S. Geological Survey's place-name archive as a historical populated place — a settlement that once carried a name and no longer does. Our editors are verifying its full story against census records, newspaper archives, and county histories; this record will grow as sources are confirmed.

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