Heggs Lake

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Heggs Lake
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Heggs Lake
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Heggs Lake
Location South Dakota, United States
Coordinates 45°07′03″N97°31′27″W / 45.11750°N 97.52417°W / 45.11750; -97.52417
Type lake

Heggs Lake is a natural lake in South Dakota, in the United States. [1]

Heggs Lake has the name of Ole Hegg, a pioneer who settled there. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Heggs Lake
  2. Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.2. University of South Dakota. p. 34.