Sharps Corner, South Dakota

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Sharps Corner is an unincorporated community in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States. [1] The locale is contained within the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and is situated at the juncture of BIA Highway 27 and BIA 2. Sharps Corner was named for Grover Sharp, who built a grocery store in the area in the 1940s. This store was bought out in 2000, [2] and continues to operate under the name Common Cents Store as of 2022. [3]

The community is noteworthy as the eponym of the Sharps Formation. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Sharps Corner". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  2. ↑ "100 names and stories from western South Dakota". Rapid City Journal Media Group. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Common Cents Store in Sharps Corner, SD on Google Maps" . Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  4. ↑ Harksen, J. C.; Macdonald, J. R.; Sevon, W. D. (1961). "New Miocene Formation in South Dakota" (PDF). p. 2. Retrieved October 3, 2022– via South Dakota Geological Survey.

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