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Johnson Siding, an unincorporated community in Pennington County, South Dakota, is located in the Rimrock Area located about 10 miles west of Rapid City, and has an estimated population of about 1,000, including adjacent subdivisions such as Thrall Mountain and Overlook Terrace. It is surrounded by the Black Hills National Forest. It is the only significant business district in the Rimrock Area, with a gas station/general store, deli, casino, tavern, motel, the Johnson Siding Volunteer Fire Department firehouse, the Rimrock Evangelical Free Church meetinghouse, and a community center. However, most inhabitants work in Rapid City or Deadwood.
Johnson Siding is named for a siding on the old Black Hills and Western Railroad Railroad (the Crouch Line) which ran up Rapid Creek between Rapid City and the Black Hills Highline at Mystic, which was originally constructed to serve the Johnson Sawmill, located a short distance upstream from the existing town. Many bikers attending the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally traditionally make at least one visit to Johnson Siding during Rally Week.
Johnson Siding is located on South Dakota Highway 44 at the intersection of Norris Peak Road, a paved county road, which connects the Rapid Creek valley with the Box Elder Creek valley and Nemo Road to the north.
Johnson Siding has been assigned the ZIP code 57702.
Johnson Siding was the site of the political convention which first organized the South Dakota Libertarian Party in 1992, at which Dr. Augustus "Gus" Hercules was nominated to the U.S. Senate. Johnson's Mill was also the head of the Hisega Flume, a wooden waterway constructed high on the south cliffs of the Rapid Creek valley to supply a hydroelectric plant at Hisega in the early 1900s, one of several National Engineering Landmarks in the Black Hills, and now abandoned and crumbling.
To reach Johnson Siding, take US-385 north from Hill City, South Dakota past Sheridan Lake and Pactola Lake and turn east on SD-44 at Pactola Junction and go 5 miles; or take SD-44 (Jackson Boulevard) southwest from Rapid City.
Google map of Johnson Siding, SD
Johnson Siding is named for a siding on the old Black Hills and Western Railroad Railroad (the Crouch Line) which ran up Rapid Creek between Rapid City and the Black Hills Highline at Mystic, which was originally constructed to serve the Johnson Sawmill, located a short distance upstream from the existing town. Many bikers attending the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally traditionally make at least one visit to Johnson Siding during Rally Week.
Johnson Siding is located on South Dakota Highway 44 at the intersection of Norris Peak Road, a paved county road, which connects the Rapid Creek valley with the Box Elder Creek valley and Nemo Road to the north.
Johnson Siding has been assigned the ZIP code 57702.
Johnson Siding was the site of the political convention which first organized the South Dakota Libertarian Party in 1992, at which Dr. Augustus "Gus" Hercules was nominated to the U.S. Senate. Johnson's Mill was also the head of the Hisega Flume, a wooden waterway constructed high on the south cliffs of the Rapid Creek valley to supply a hydroelectric plant at Hisega in the early 1900s, one of several National Engineering Landmarks in the Black Hills, and now abandoned and crumbling.
To reach Johnson Siding, take US-385 north from Hill City, South Dakota past Sheridan Lake and Pactola Lake and turn east on SD-44 at Pactola Junction and go 5 miles; or take SD-44 (Jackson Boulevard) southwest from Rapid City.
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