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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

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]

References

^ 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 / 45.44167; -102.10778

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coal Springs, South Dakota

[2] Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 30.

[3] "Perkins County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 16, 2005. Retrieved January 26, 2015.

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-'''Coal Springs''' is an [[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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+'''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>
 ==History==
-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]]|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 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050316133828/http://postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=SD&county=Perkins |archivedate=16 March 2005 |df= }}</ref>
+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>
+== See also ==
+* [[List of ghost towns in South Dakota]]
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 [[Category:Ghost towns in South Dakota]]

v t e Municipalities and communities of Perkins County, South Dakota, United States
County seat: Bison
City	Lemmon
Town	Bison
Townships	Ada Anderson Antelope Barrett Beck-Highland Bison Burdick Cash Castle Butte Chance Chaudoin Clark De Witt Duell Englewood Flat Creek Foster Fredlund Glendo Grand River Hall Horse Creek Liberty Lincoln Lodgepole Lone Tree Maltby Marshfield Meadow Moreau Plateau Rainbow Rockford Scotch Cap Sidney Strool Trail Vail Vickers Viking Vrooman Wells White Butte Wilson
CDP	Prairie City
Other communities	Chance Lodgepole Meadow Shadehill Sorum Usta White Butte Zeona
Ghost towns	Bixby Coal Springs Date Ellingson Imogene Strool Zeona
Indian reservation	Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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