Gayville, Lawrence County, South Dakota

Gayville is an unincorporated community in Lawrence County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.[1]

History

Gayville was founded as a mining community in the 1870s by brothers Alfred and Wiliam Gay, and named for them.[2]

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References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gayville, Lawrence County, South Dakota
  2. Wolle, Muriel Sibell (1 February 2018). The Bonanza Trail: Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of the West. Indiana University Press. p. 457. ISBN 978-0-253-03331-4. Alfred and William Gay...and called it Gayville.



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