Whitlocks Crossing, South Dakota

Whitlocks Crossing is a ghost town in Potter County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.[1]

History

a post office called Whitlocks Crossing was established in 1935, and remained in operation until 1954.[2] The town was named for the original owner of the town site.[3]

gollark: *But* they do not actually need to intercept everything to actually provide security.
gollark: Yes, probably it is eventually dropped, mostly.
gollark: Yes, and then keeping all the remaining data for no good reason.
gollark: If it was national security, they could, say, monitor those who have, I don't know, significantly associated with known terrorists, and not stick backdoors in everything and monitor piles of internet traffic.
gollark: It is *entirely* relevant to whether widespread surveillance is any good.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Whitlocks Crossing (historical)
  2. "Potter County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  3. Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 68.


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