Shannon County
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Shannon County is a county in South Dakota known for encompassing much of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and sites significant to Oglala Lakota history.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
county
ⓘ
former county ⓘ |
| areaLandSquareMiles | approximately 2,094 square miles ⓘ |
| areaTotalSquareMiles | approximately 2,097 square miles ⓘ |
| areaWaterPercent | approximately 0.3 percent ⓘ |
| bordersCounty |
Bennett County, South Dakota
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fall River County, South Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Jackson County, South Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Pennington County, South Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bordersState | Nebraska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsSettlement |
Allen
NERFINISHED
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Kyle NERFINISHED ⓘ Manderson NERFINISHED ⓘ Oglala NERFINISHED ⓘ Pine Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Porcupine NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Shirt NERFINISHED ⓘ Rockyford NERFINISHED ⓘ Wanblee NERFINISHED ⓘ Wounded Knee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsSite |
Badlands National Park (South Unit)
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Pine Ridge Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ Porcupine Butte NERFINISHED ⓘ White Clay Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Wounded Knee Massacre site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| countySeat | Hot Springs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countySeatLocatedIn | Fall River County, South Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateCreated | 1875-01-29 ⓘ |
| dateDissolved | 2015-05-01 ⓘ |
| dateEstablished | 1875-01-29 ⓘ |
| dateOrganized | 1914-05-27 ⓘ |
| elevationCharacteristic | high plains and badlands topography ⓘ |
| federalCongressionalDistrict | South Dakota at-large congressional district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | Oglala Sioux Tribal Council (for reservation affairs) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSignificantPopulation | Oglala Lakota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicallyKnownFor |
Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890
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ⓘ
sites significant to Oglala Lakota history ⓘ |
| largestCommunity | Pine Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Great Plains
ⓘ
Oglala Lakota County NERFINISHED ⓘ Pine Ridge Indian Reservation NERFINISHED ⓘ South Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Mountain Time Zone ⓘ |
| majorTribalNation | Oglala Sioux Tribe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfterOccupation | Chief Justice of the Dakota Territory Supreme Court ⓘ |
| namedFor | Peter C. Shannon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Pine Ridge Indian Reservation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| renamedTo | Oglala Lakota County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| renamingApprovedBy |
South Dakota Legislature
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
voters of Shannon County ⓘ |
| renamingEffectiveDate | 2015-05-01 ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Oglala Lakota County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateLegislativeDistrict | South Dakota legislative districts covering Pine Ridge Reservation ⓘ |
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