Abandoned Record
About Gustave
Gustave is a ghost town in Harding County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Gustave, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Gustave is
Historic maps
5 historic USGS maps cover Gustave
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1935 Harding sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1954 Lemmon sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1957 Lemmon sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1978 Gustave sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1980 Redig sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Gustave
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our South Dakota index.
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Gustave, South Dakota": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q24061519.
- USGS GNIS 1261109.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).