Bad Nation Township, Mellette County, South Dakota

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Bad Nation Township is a township in Mellette County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota. [1]

History

The township has the name of Bad Nation, a Native American chieftain. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bad Nation Township, Mellette County, South Dakota
  2. Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 25.

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