Badnation, South Dakota

Badnation is an unincorporated community in Mellette County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.

History

Badnation was originally called Runningville.[1] A post office called Runningville was established in 1916, the name was changed to Badnation in 1938, and the post office closed in 1942.[2] The community takes its present name from Bad Nation Township.[3]

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gollark: If I got a tinsel it'd be "I Really Wanted a Shimmerscale".
gollark: I would of course need to come up with some suitably cryptic name for it to match all my other dragons.
gollark: I have that 30G Aeon (people here probably saw it before) which I could use...
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References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Badnation, South Dakota
  2. "Mellette County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  3. Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 25.



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