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2017 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 1 - STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT
Chapter 19C - Historical Names
§ 1-19C-5 Offensive place names revised by United States Board on Geographic Names.
Universal Citation: SD Codified L § 1-19C-5 (2017)
1-19C-5. Offensive place names revised by United States Board on Geographic Names. The following offensive place names in South Dakota by county were revised by the United States Board on Geographic Names as of January 1, 2014:
| County | Current place name | Place name changed to |
| Codington | Squaw Lake | Serenity Lake |
| Custer | Little Squaw Creek | Badger Clark Creek |
| Fall River | Squaw Flat | Hat Creek Flat |
| Gregory | Squaw Creek | Oscar Micheaux Creek |
| Squaw Creek Reservoir | Oscar Micheaux Reservoir | |
| Haakon | Squaw Creek | Sarah Laribee Creek |
| Harding | Squaw Creek | Slim Buttes Creek |
| East Squaw Creek | Meat Hook Creek | |
| Squaw Tree Spring | Prairie Woman Spring | |
| West Squaw Creek | Double X Creek | |
| Jones | Squaw Creek | Pitan Creek |
| Lawrence | Squaw Creek | Cleopatra Creek |
| East Branch of Squaw Creek | East Branch Cleopatra Creek | |
| Marshall | Squaw Hill | Six Mile Hill |
| Meade | Squaw Butte | Vig Buttes |
| Squaw Creek | Deer Creek | |
| Moody | Squaw Creek | Isanti Creek |
| Pennington | Squaw Creek | Cedar Breaks Creek |
| Oglala Lakota | Little Squaw Humper Creek | Tahc'a Okute Wakpa C'ikala |
| Little Squaw Humper Table | Tahc'a Okute Aglehan C'ikala | |
| Squaw Humper Creek | Tahc'a Okute Wakpa | |
| Squaw Humper Dam | Tahc'a Okute Mni Onaktake | |
| Squaw Humper Table | Tahc'a Okute Aglehan | |
| Ziebach | Squaw Teat Butte | Peaked Butte |
| Squaw Teat Creek | East Rattlesnake Creek |
Source: SL 2009, ch 2, § 7; SL 2014, ch 9, § 6; SL 2015, ch 56 (HJR 1005), eff. May 1, 2015.
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