| Lake Henry | |
|---|---|
  Lake Henry  Lake Henry | |
| Location | Kingsbury, South Dakota [1] |
| Coordinates | 44°19′41″N97°29′7″W / 44.32806°N 97.48528°W |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface area | 2,000 acres (8.1 km2) [2] |
| Surface elevation | 1,690 feet (520 m) [3] |
Lake Henry, is a natural lake in Kingsbury County, South Dakota, in the United States, [4] near the town of De Smet. It has the name of George Henry, an early settler. [5] Nowadays it is a popular fishing area. [6]
Lake Henry is near De Smet, one of the residences of author Laura Ingalls Wilder ( Little House on the Prairie books) and appears in several of her novels as one of the "Twin Lakes", along with Lake Thompson.
Kingsbury County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,187. Its county seat is De Smet. The county was created in 1873, and was organized in 1880. It was named for brothers George W. and T. A. Kingsbury, descendants of the colonial English Kingsbury family in Boston, Massachusetts. They were prominently involved in the affairs of Dakota Territory and served as elected members of several Territorial Legislatures.
De Smet is a city in and the county seat of Kingsbury County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 1,089 at the 2010 census.
Lake Preston is a city in Kingsbury County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 599 at the 2010 census.
Lake Henry may refer to:
Grace Pearl Ingalls Dow was the fifth and last child of Caroline and Charles Ingalls. She was the youngest sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder, known for her Little House on the Prairie books.
Caroline Lake Ingalls (; née Quiner (later Holbrook); December 12, 1839 – April 20, 1924) was an American schoolteacher who was the mother of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the Little House books.
Manchester was a small unincorporated community in Kingsbury County in the east-central part of the U.S. state of South Dakota. On June 24, 2003, the town was annihilated by a large F4-rated tornado, and has since become a ghost town. In 2004, the state of South Dakota officially disincorporated the town of Manchester.
De Smet Cemetery is a cemetery located southwest of the town of De Smet in Kingsbury County, South Dakota, United States. Numerous family members from the Laura Ingalls Wilder Little House books are buried there.
De Smet or Desmet may refer to:
Lake Albert or Albert Lake may refer to:
South Dakota Highway 25 (SD 25) is a 194.524-mile-long (313.056 km) state highway in the eastern part of the U.S. state of South Dakota. It connects Scotland, Howard, De Smet, and Webster.
Big Slough in Kingsbury County, South Dakota is a local marsh, south-east of De Smet.
The culture of the U.S. state of South Dakota exhibits influences from many different sources. American Indians, the cultures of the American West and Midwest, and the customs and traditions of many of the state's various immigrant groups have all contributed to South Dakota art, music, and literature.
Lake Thompson is a lake in Kingsbury County, South Dakota, United States. With an area of 16,236 acres (65.70 km2), it is one of the largest natural lakes in South Dakota. The maximum depth of the lake is 26 ft (7.9 m), and the shoreline has a length of 44.6 miles (71.8 km). The lake is located in east-central South Dakota, on the Coteau des Prairies and is within the watershed of the Vermillion River.
Pierre-Jean De Smet, SJ, also known as Pieter-Jan De Smet, was a Flemish Catholic priest and member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). He is known primarily for his widespread missionary work in the mid-19th century among the Native American peoples, in the midwestern and northwestern United States and western Canada.
The 2000 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Spirit Lake is a natural lake in Kingsbury County, South Dakota, in the United States. The lake is seven miles north of De Smet and US Route 14 and six miles east of Bancroft. The smaller Mud Lake lies just to the southeast.
The Kingsbury County Courthouse, located on South Dakota Highway 25 in De Smet, South Dakota, was built in 1898. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
The Railroad Camp Shanty in De Smet, South Dakota, United States, was built by the Chicago and Northwestern Railway (C&NW) in 1878 to shelter railroad personnel. The Railroad Shanty is a simple frame building measuring roughly 10' by 22' and covered with horizontal siding. Presumably in the 1880's or early 1890's the building was moved three blocks from its original location and was placed on a cement block foundation.
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