Potato Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of South Dakota.[1] It is a tributary of the White River.

Potato Creek was so named on account of the wild potatoes Indians harvested as a food source along the creek's course.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Potato Creek (White River tributary)
  2. ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 57.

43°41′19″N 102°02′04″W / 43.68861°N 102.03444°W / 43.68861; -102.03444


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