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2011 South Dakota Code
Title 1 STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT
Chapter 19C. Historical Names
§1-19C-6 Offensive place names not revised by United States Board on Geographic Names as of January 1, 2009.
SD Codified L § 1-19C-6 (through 2011) What's This?
1-19C-6. Offensive place names not revised by United States Board on Geographic Names as of January 1, 2009. The following offensive place names in South Dakota by county have not been revised by the United States Board on Geographic Names as of January 1, 2009:
County | Current place name | Recommended place name |
Custer | Negro Canyon | No recommendation |
Negro Wool Ridge | No recommendation | |
Haakon | Negro Creek | No recommendation |
Jackson | Big Negro Draw | No recommendation |
Little Negro Creek | No recommendation | |
Lawrence | Negro Gulch | Last Chance Gulch |
Negro Hill | African Hill | |
Marshall | Squaw Lake | Six Mile Lake |
Meade | Squaw Butte School | No recommendation |
Negro Creek School | No recommendation | |
Moody | Squaw Creek | Jack Moore Creek |
Pennington | Negro Creek | Medicine Mountain Creek |
Shannon | Little Squaw Humper Creek | Little Red Shirt Creek |
Little Squaw Humper Table | Little Red Shirt Table | |
Squaw Humper Creek | Two Bulls Creek | |
Squaw Humper Dam | Two Bulls Dam | |
Squaw Humper Table | Two Bulls Table |
Source: SL 2009, ch 2, § 8.
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