Altamont, SD

Altamont is a Deuel County town about 1.7 miles north of Clear Lake, set among the hills that supplied its name when it was platted in 1880. South Dakota's current county map places it on the grid of local roads west of the Clear Lake area, which is also where the county courthouse and offices are located. The town itself is small enough that no separate commercial or employment district is documented in the available sources. Its practical local relationship is with Clear Lake for county government and regional services, while the Altamont name continues to describe the raised prairie landscape around the original town site.