Date, South Dakota

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in South Dakota, U.S.}}

Date is a ghost town in Perkins County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.{{GNIS|1254605}}

History

A post office called Date was established in 1900, and remained in operation until 1955.{{cite web |url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=SD&county=Perkins |title=Perkins County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=26 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050316133828/http://postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=SD&county=Perkins |archivedate=16 March 2005 }} The community has the name of Date Peterson, an early settler.{{cite book|author=Federal Writers' Project|author-link=Federal Writers' Project|title=South Dakota place-names, v.1-3|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027015455;view=1up;seq=99|year=1940|publisher=University of South Dakota|page=32}}{{cite book|last1=Moyer|first1=Armond|last2=Moyer|first2=Winifred|title=The origins of unusual place-names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89058322223;view=1up;seq=35|year=1958|publisher=Keystone Pub. Associates|page=31}}

References

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Perkins County, South Dakota

Category:Unincorporated communities in South Dakota