human settlement in Bennett County, South Dakota, United States of America

Swett is in the Badlands and Black Hills region of South Dakota, 110 miles from Rapid City.

Understand

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An unincorporated hamlet in Bennett County about two hours southeast of Rapid City, Swett consists of a bar, workshop, three trailers and a single house on 6.16 acres of land. Its population has dropped from 40 people in the 1940s to two people and a dog today.

Get in

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By car: Swett is on US Highway 18 near Martin, South Dakota.

Get around

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  • Hunting for game such as ring-neck pheasant, giant Canada goose, deer, elk, buffalo, prairie dogs and turkeys.

Buy the whole town. $400,000 would allow the couple and their dog to relocate out-of-state.

A grocery store had been in operation in the village, but is now closed.

Drink

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  • 1 Swett Tavern, 20704 US Highway 18, +1 605 685-6499. A gathering place for local cowboys and wheatgrowers. This tavern and the Boondocks Bar & Grill in Martin are the only bars in a ten-mile area.

Sleep

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There is nothing in Swett itself. The county seat, Martin (pop. 1100), has one motel - the Crossroads Inn [dead link] and annex (+1 605 685-1070).

Connect

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There once was a post office in the local grocery store, but both have now closed.

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Routes through Swett
Hot Springs Pine Ridge  W  E  Rosebud Jct N S


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