Camp Crook, SD

Camp Crook is an incorporated small town in Harding County, South Dakota, United States, on the Little Missouri River. The 2020 census counted 60 residents. The town celebrated 125 years of existence in August 2008 during the annual county fair. Camp Crook is the only town west of the Little Missouri River in South Dakota. A newcomer can read Camp Crook through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Camp Crook comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. The Custer National Forest, with its Sioux Ranger District office, also celebrated 100 years of having a presence in Camp Crook in 2008. The town's name honors George Crook, a United States Army officer.