South Dakota Highway 52
South Dakota Highway 52 (SD 52) is a state route that runs just north of the Missouri River, across southeast South Dakota. It begins at a junction with South Dakota Highway 37 north of Springfield, and terminates in Yankton at U.S. Highway 81, at the junction of 4th and Broadway Streets. It is in length. History This is the third occurrence of the use of South Dakota 52 since 1926. The first SD 52 was located in the southwest portion of the state, designated in the mid-1920s. It extended from Oelrichs east to Oglala. It was used until 1950, when U.S. Highway 18 was rerouted onto this road. In the early 1950s, there were two new, separate segments of SD 52. One was in the extreme southwest corner of the state. It began at U.S. 18 in Edgemont, and ran southerly to meet what is now South Dakota Highway 71 near Rumford. This road was renumbered as South Dakota Highway 471 South Dakota Highway 471 (SD 471) is a state highway in western Fall River, South D ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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South Dakota Department Of Transportation
The South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) is a state government organization in charge of maintaining public roadways of the U.S. state of South Dakota. South Dakota has 82,447 miles of highways, roads and streets, as well as 5,905 bridges. The SDDOT is responsible for 7,830 miles of the roadway system. The DOT budgets roughly $15,700,000 for winter snow and ice removal each year. The Department of Transportation was formerly known as the South Dakota Department of Highways. Historic bridges A number of its bridges have been deemed historic, and some are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. In particular, several were listed on the National Register pursuant to a 1993 Multiple Property Submission titled "Historic Bridges in South Dakota, 1893-1943." The listed works include (with varying attribution): * Kemp Avenue Bridge, Kemp Avenue over the Sioux River, Watertown, South Dakota (South Dakota Highway Commission), NRHP-listed * Pig Tail Bridg ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Edgemont, South Dakota
Edgemont is a city in Fall River County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 725 at the 2020 census. The city lies on the far southern edge of the Black Hills in southwestern South Dakota. Edgemont is a crew change point for BNSF freight trains in the Gillette, Wyoming-Alliance, Nebraska division. History Edgemont had its start in 1890 with the building of the Burlington Railroad through that territory. In 2012, the White Draw Fire burned eight miles northeast of Edgemont. On July 1, 2012, an airplane fighting the fire crashed near town, killing four military personnel and injuring two. On the morning of January 17, 2017, a BNSF Railway westbound train struck and killed two roadway workers, including the watchman/lookout. The accident occurred at milepost 477, on the Black Hills subdivision, in Edgemont. Also featured in episode 10 of series 1 of Z Nation in the episode “Going nuclear” Geography Edgemont is located at (43.299453, -103.828966). According ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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State Highways In South Dakota
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Norfolk, Nebraska
Norfolk ( or ) is a city in Madison County, Nebraska, United States, 113 miles northwest of Omaha and 83 miles west of Sioux City at the intersection of U.S. Routes 81 and 275. The population was 24,210 at the 2010 census, making it the ninth-largest city in Nebraska. It is the principal city of the Norfolk Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Settlement and early history In late 1865 three scouts were sent from a German Lutheran settlement near Ixonia, Wisconsin, to find productive, inexpensive farmland that could be claimed under the Homestead Act. From the Omaha area they followed the Elkhorn River upstream to West Point. Finding that area too crowded, they continued up the river. On September 15, they reached the junction of the Elkhorn and its North Fork, and chose that area as a settlement site.Pangle, Mary Ellen. ''A History of Norfolk''. Published serially in ''Norfolk Daily News''. 1929. On May 23, 1866, a party of 124 settlers representing 42 families fro ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Niobrara, Nebraska
Niobrara (; Omaha: ''Ní Ubthátha'' ''Tʰáⁿwaⁿgthaⁿ'' , meaning "water spread-out village")Dorsey, James Owen (1890)''The Cegiha Language: Contributions to North American Ethnology'' 4. Washington: US Department of the Interior: Government Printing Office, p. 214, line 10. is a village in Knox County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 363 at the 2020 census. History Niobrara was founded in 1856, when a group of men headed by a Dr. Benneville Yeakel Shelly marked their claim to an area on the banks of the Missouri River. There, a fort was built to protect the early settlers from Indian attacks. The settlement took its name from the Niobrara River. They built a log garrison of cottonwood, which later became known as "Old Cabin". The company, founded by Shelly and others, was called L'eau Qui Court Company. This Company failed, and the Niobrara Township Company was organized. The new town was eventually called "Niobrara", an Omaha word for "running water". O ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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South Dakota Highway 471
South Dakota Highway 471 (SD 471) is a state highway in western Fall River, South Dakota, United States, that connects Highway 71 (SD 71), southeast of Rumford, with U.S. Route 18 (US 18), in Edgemont. Route description SD 471 begins at a junction with SD 71 in the Oglala National Grassland. The highway travels northwest through the community of Rumford before turning west and passing through Provo. Here, SD 471 veers north and enters the city of Edgemont as 3rd Street before turning into 2nd Avenue. The designation continues west onto A Street, passing through Edgemont before briefly turning north on 6th Avenue to terminate at US 18. Legal description The legal description of SD 471 has been codified by the South Dakota Legislature: 31-4-244. State Highway 471 from State Highway 71 to U.S. Highway 18. The state trunk highway system includes the following in Fall River County: From a point on State Highway 71 north of Ar ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rumford, South Dakota
Rumford is an unincorporated community in Fall River County, South Dakota, United States. It is located on South Dakota Highway 471, southeast of Edgemont. Rumford is not tracked by the Census Bureau and shares a ZIP code (57735) with Edgemont and other surrounding towns and rural areas. Rumford was founded in 1889 when Burlington Northern The Burlington Northern Railroad was a United States-based railroad company formed from a merger of four major U.S. railroads. Burlington Northern operated between 1970 and 1996. Its historical lineage begins in the earliest days of railroadin ... extended the railroad line and built a station at this location. The railroad company changed the name from Siding No. 5 to Rumford in 1894. References Unincorporated communities in Fall River County, South Dakota Unincorporated communities in South Dakota {{SouthDakota-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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South Dakota Highway 71
South Dakota Highway 71 (SD 71) is a state highway in Fall River County, South Dakota, United States, that travels from the Nebraska state line (where it continues as N-2/ N-71 through the Black Hills National Forest) to U.S. Route 18 Bypass (US 18 Byp.) in Hot Springs. It is part of a triple state highway serving South Dakota, Nebraska, and Colorado. Route description SD 71's southern terminus is at the Nebraska border in Black Hills National Forest where it has the same number. In the forest, the route meets the terminus of South Dakota Highway 471. After that, it leaves the forest and ends at US 18 Byp. in Hot Springs. History The road was originally commissioned in 1936 as part of South Dakota Highway 87 South Dakota Highway 87 (SD 87) is a state highway in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of South Dakota. It travels through the Black Hills region. The highway's southern terminus is at an intersection with U.S. Route 385 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Oglala, South Dakota
Oglala (Lakota: ''Oglála''; "he scatters his own") is a census-designated place (CDP) in West Oglala Lakota Unorganized Territory (civil township) equivalent, Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 1,282 at the 2020 census. Its location is in the northwest of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The community takes its name from the Oglala Lakota (also called the Oglala Sioux). Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (6.37%) is water. Oglala stands directly north of the Oglala Dam and its reservoir, Oglala Lake, completed in 1941. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,229 people, 229 households, and 201 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 279 housing units at an average density of 22.3 per square mile (8.6/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 0.73% White, 98.78% Native American, 0.08% Asian, 0.08% from other races, and 0.33% f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Springfield, South Dakota
Springfield is a city in Bon Homme County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 1,914 at the 2020 census. As of 2012, about 1,200 of the residents were inmates at Mike Durfee State Prison. Springfield was named on account of there being numerous natural springs in the area. Geography Springfield is located at (42.854763, -97.894814). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Springfield has been assigned the ZIP code 57062 and the FIPS place code 60660. Springfield is located on the north shore of Lewis and Clark Lake, a 31,000-acre impoundment of the Missouri River. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 1,989 people, 352 households, and 200 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 433 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 70.7% White, 2.9% African American, 23.3% Native American, 0.1% Asian, 0.6% from other races, and 2.4 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Oelrichs, South Dakota
Oelrichs ( Lakota: ''šuŋkpȟáwaksa''; "Severed Horse Head") is a town in Fall River County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 117 at the 2020 census. History Oelrichs was laid out in 1885. The town was founded by Henry (Harry) Oelrichs, superintendent of the Anglo-American Cattle Company. A post office called Oelrichs has been in operation since 1885. Geography Oelrichs is located at (43.181458, -103.233601). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Oelrichs has been assigned the ZIP code 57763 and the FIPS place code 46500. Climate Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 126 people, 61 households, and 38 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 74 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 79.4% White, 18.3% Native American, and 2.4% from two or more races. There were 61 households, of which 19.7% had children under th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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South Dakota Highway 37
} South Dakota Highway 37 (SD 37) is a state route that runs across eastern South Dakota. It begins at the Nebraska border northeast of Niobrara, Nebraska, as a continuation of Nebraska Highway 14. It runs to the North Dakota border north of Hecla, where it continues as North Dakota Highway 1. It is in length. Route description History South Dakota 37 was in place by 1926, and largely has used the same alignment since. The only significant exception was in northeast South Dakota, where SD 37 originally went westward from Groton to Bath, then north via Columbia to Houghton, where it continued to Hecla. This segment was rerouted to the current alignment by 1929. On the south end, the road ended at the Missouri River at Running Water. A seasonal ferry was in place to carry traffic across the river. A direct connection via bridge did not open until 1998 when the Chief Standing Bear Memorial Bridge was completed. In the early and mid-1930s, the segment between Huron and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |