Boneita_Springs,_South_Dakota Knowpia

Boneita Springs is an unincorporated community in Meade County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.^[1]

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Boneita Springs was laid out in 1908, and named from the Spanish diminutive meaning "beautiful" springs.^[2] A post office called Boneita Springs was in operation from 1908 until 1944.^[3] The name

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^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boneita Springs, South Dakota
^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 27.
^ "Meade County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on January 27, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2015.

44°26′42″N 102°33′45″W / 44.44500°N 102.56250°W / 44.44500; -102.56250

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

[2] Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 27.

[3] "Meade County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on January 27, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2015.

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