Coal Springs, South Dakota

Coal Springs is an extinct 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 16 March 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2015.

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 Chaudoin Clark De Witt Duell Englewood Flat Creek Flint Rock 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 unincorporated communities	Bixby Chance Coal Springs Date Imogene Lodgepole Meadow Shadehill Sorum Strool Summerville Usta White Butte Zeona

Ghost towns	Ellingson Zeona

Coordinates: 45°26′30″N 102°06′28″W / 45.44167°N 102.10778°W / 45.44167; -102.10778

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