Blair Colony
The Blair Colony | |
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Norvel Blair, a member of the family who founded the town, from his 1880 memoir | |
| Coordinates: 44°48′10″N 100°25′14″W / 44.80278°N 100.42056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | South Dakota |
| County | Sully County |
| Settled | 1883 |
The Blair Colony, also known as the Sully County Colored Colony, was a homestead community established by African-Americans in rural Sully County, South Dakota, United States. It was first established by the family of Norvel Blair in 1883. With the encouragement of the Blairs, dozens more African-American settlers moved to the area over time. During the Great Depression, most of the settlers moved away, and the community is now largely a ghost town.