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Oglala Lakota County (S.D.)

LC control no.n 81110747
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingOglala Lakota County (S.D.)
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Geographic subdivision usageSouth Dakota--Oglala Lakota County
Variant(s)Shannon Co., S.D.
Shannon County (S.D.)
See alsoWashington County (S.D.)
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Geographic class no.4183 S5
Beginning date1875
Associated countryUnited States
LocatedSouth Dakota
Found inRand McNally, 1979 (Shannon County)
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (adm2; 43°21ʹ10ʺN 102°33ʹ02ʺW)
GNIS, Feb. 2, 2018 (Created in 1875 and originally named for Peter Shannon (1821-1899), Chief Justice of the Dakota Territory Supreme Court from 1873 to 1882. On November 4, 2014, residents voted to changed the name to Oglala Lakota County (SD House Joint Resolution No. 1005). The name change became effective March 5, 2015)
Geographic area coden-us-sd