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'''Coal Springs''' is |
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'''Coal Springs''' is a [[ghost town]] in [[Perkins County, South Dakota|Perkins County]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[South Dakota]]. The [[GNIS]] classifies it as a populated place.<ref>{{GNIS|1254417}}</ref> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Coal Springs was laid out in 1908, and named for the fact the community was located in a coal mining district.<ref>{{cite book|author= |
Coal Springs was laid out in 1908, and named for the fact the community was located in a coal mining district.<ref>{{cite book|author=Federal Writers' Project|author-link=Federal Writers' Project|title=South Dakota place-names, v.1-3|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027015455;view=1up;seq=95|year=1940|publisher=University of South Dakota|page=30}}</ref> A post office called Coal Springs was established in 1909, and remained in operation until 1954.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=SD&county=Perkins |title=Perkins County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=26 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050316133828/http://postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=SD&county=Perkins |archivedate=16 March 2005 }}</ref> |
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== See also == |
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* [[List of ghost towns in South Dakota]] |
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Latest revision as of 12:24, 22 July 2024
Coal Springs is a ghost town in Perkins County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.[1]
History
[edit]Coal Springs was laid out in 1908, and named for the fact the community was located in a coal mining district.[2] A post office called Coal Springs was established in 1909, and remained in operation until 1954.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coal Springs, South Dakota
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 30.
- ^ "Perkins County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 16, 2005. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
45°26′30″N 102°06′28″W / 45.44167°N 102.10778°W