Mud Lake (South Dakota)

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There are over a dozen lakes named Mud Lake within the U.S. state of South Dakota. According to the Federal Writers' Project, these lakes were so named on account of the muddy condition of the lake bed or lake shore. [1]

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References

  1. Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.2. University of South Dakota. p. 52.

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