Topbar, South Dakota

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Location within the state of South Dakota
Coordinates: 44°18′42″N101°36′50″W / 44.31167°N 101.61389°W / 44.31167; -101.61389 Coordinates: 44°18′42″N101°36′50″W / 44.31167°N 101.61389°W / 44.31167; -101.61389
Country United States
State South Dakota
County Haakon
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)

Topbar, South Dakota (also known as Top Bar), is a populated place in West Haakon [1] township in Haakon County, South Dakota, United States, [2] near to Milesville, South Dakota and Philip, South Dakota. [3]

History

Carrie Ingalls, younger sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder ( Little House on the Prairie ) was an independent young woman, and though single, she filed on a homestead claim in Top Bar, South Dakota. She met there her future husband; David N. Swanzey and his children. [4] [5]

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