Urban is a
ghost town
Ghost Town(s) or Ghosttown may refer to:
* Ghost town, a town that has been abandoned
Film and television
* ''Ghost Town'' (1936 film), an American Western film by Harry L. Fraser
* ''Ghost Town'' (1956 film), an American Western film by All ...
in
Custer County, in the
U.S. state of
South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who comprise a large po ...
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History
The town of Urban was named after the hope that it would become something "pertaining to a city"(i.e. comparable to a city).
References
Geography of Custer County, South Dakota
Ghost towns in South Dakota
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