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Meade County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 29,852. Its county seat is Sturgis. The county was created in 1889 and named for Fort Meade, which was garrisoned as a United States military post in the area in 1878 and itself named for General George Meade.
Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge of the United States located in South Dakota. It covers 16,410 acres (66.4 km2) and is managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
Summerset is a city in Meade County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 2,972 at the 2020 census. Located in the western part of the state, it is the first city to incorporate in the state since 1985.
Fort Meade is a former United States Army post located just east of Sturgis, South Dakota. The fort was active from 1878 to 1944; the cantonment is currently home to a Veterans Health Administration hospital and South Dakota Army National Guard training facilities. Much of the former reservation is now managed by the Bureau of Land Management as the Fort Meade Recreation Area. It is also home of Fort Meade National Cemetery. Fort Meade was established in 1878 to protect illegal white settlements on the Great Sioux Reservation in the northern Black Hills, especially the nearby gold mining area around Deadwood. Several stage and freighting routes passed through Fort Meade en route to Deadwood.
Sturgis Brown High School is located in Sturgis, South Dakota and is part of the Meade School District. Located east of Sturgis at 12930 E. Hwy 34, the school draws students from all over the city.
Whitewood Creek is a stream in Butte, Meade and Lawrence counties, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.
Avance is a ghost town in Meade County, located in the state of South Dakota).
Boneita Springs is an unincorporated community in Meade County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.
Clough is an extinct town in Meade County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.
Dalzell is an unincorporated community in Meade County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.
Fairpoint is an unincorporated community in Meade County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.
Fox Ridge is a ghost town in Meade County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.
Haydraw is an unincorporated community in Meade County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.
Hereford is an unincorporated community in Meade County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.
Hisega is an unincorporated community in Pennington County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.
Marcus is an unincorporated community in Meade County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.
Opal is an unincorporated community in Meade County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.
Redowl is an unincorporated community in Meade County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.
Stoneville is an unincorporated community in Meade County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.
Sulphur is an extinct town in Meade County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bend, South Dakota
- ↑ "Meade County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
- ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 26.
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