Lodgepole Creek (South Dakota)

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

The creek took its name from nearby Lodgepole Butte, where lodgepole pine grew. [2]

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References

  1. "Lodgepole Creek". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved January 31, 2024.
  2. Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 48.

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