Date, South Dakota

Date is an unincorporated community in Perkins County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.[1]

History

A post office called Date was established in 1900, and remained in operation until 1955.[2] The community has the name of Date Peterson, an early settler.[3][4]

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References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Date, South Dakota
  2. "Perkins County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 16 March 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  3. Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 32.
  4. Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 31.



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