Black Pipe Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of South Dakota.[1]
Black Pipe Creek received its name from the fact Indians obtained black shale from the area in order to make their pipes.[2]
See also
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Black Pipe Creek
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.3. University of South Dakota. p. 13.
43°47′08″N 101°13′51″W / 43.78556°N 101.23083°W / 43.78556; -101.23083