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

History

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

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gayville, Lawrence County, South Dakota
2. Wolle, Muriel Sibell (February 1, 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.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States
County seat: Deadwood
Cities	Central City Deadwood Lead Spearfish Whitewood
Township	St. Onge
CDPs	Boulder Canyon Crook City Mountain Plains North Spearfish Saint Onge
Other communities	Brownsville Cheyenne Crossing Chinatown Englewood Galena Gayville Hanna Nemo Roubaix Terry
Ghost towns	Blacktail Carbonate Crown Hill Flatiron Greenwood Lancaster City Maitland Nahant Novak Ragged Top Terraville Tinton Trojan
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