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Crook City (also known as Camp Crook II or simply Crook) is a populated place in Lawrence County,
South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota people, Lakota and Dakota peo ...
, United States. The population was 132 at the 2020 census. It became a
census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
prior to the 2020 census. Crook City was named for General
George Crook George R. Crook (September 8, 1828 – March 21, 1890) was a career United States Army officer, most noted for his distinguished service during the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. During the 1880s, the Apache nicknamed Crook ''Nantan ...
's 1876 camp there. Nearby and between Deadwood and Sturgis is Crook Mountain, also named for him.


See also

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Whitewood, South Dakota Whitewood is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 879 at the 2020 census. History Whitewood was platted in 1888 when the Chicago and North Western Railway was extended to that point. It took its name from n ...


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{{SouthDakota-geo-stub Geography of Lawrence County, South Dakota Census-designated places in Lawrence County, South Dakota Census-designated places in South Dakota