Moccasin Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of South Dakota.[1]

Moccasin Creek most likely derives its name from "moccasin flower" a variant name of Cypripedioideae.[2]

Moccasin Creek Country Club is named after this stream.

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Moccasin Creek (South Dakota)
  2. ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.3. University of South Dakota. p. 44.

45°21′28″N 98°18′26″W / 45.35778°N 98.30722°W / 45.35778; -98.30722


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