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History · Enemy Swim

10% of Enemy Swim’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940

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Enemy Swim, in brief

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Enemy Swim is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) on the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation in Day County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 310 at the 2020 census. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. It is in the eastern part of the county, surrounding the west cove of Enemy Swim Lake and extending south to include the northwest shore of Campbell Slough. It is 8 miles (13 km) north of Waubay and 19 miles (31 km) by road northeast of Webster, the county seat.

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Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →