Cheyenne Creek (South Dakota)

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Cheyenne Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of South Dakota. [1]

Cheyenne Creek takes its name after the Cheyenne Indians. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cheyenne Creek (South Dakota)
  2. Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.3. University of South Dakota. p. 21.

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