Bristol, SD

Bristol is a city located in western Day County, South Dakota, United States. Bristol lies in Section 25 of Bristol Township, on the main line of what is now the BNSF Railway alongside U.S. Route 12. ` Similar to many towns of the area and of the Midwest in general, Bristol came into being as a result of railroad expansion. A newcomer can read Bristol through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Bristol comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. The railroad, which first came through the area in the 1870s, identified the site which would become Bristol as Station #70. P.