Bixby, South Dakota

Bixby is a ghost town in Perkins County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.^[1]

History[edit]

A post office was established at Bixby in 1895, and remained in operation until 1951.^[2] The community derives its name from the nearby BXB Ranch.^[3]

References[edit]

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bixby, South Dakota
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bixby Post Office (historical)
^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 26.

45°08′54″N 102°33′43″W / 45.14833°N 102.56194°W / 45.14833; -102.56194

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bixby, South Dakota

[2] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bixby Post Office (historical)

[3] Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 26.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Perkins County, South Dakota, United States
County seat: Bison
City	Lemmon
Town	Bison
Townships	Ada Anderson Antelope Barrett Beck-Highland Bison Burdick Cash Castle Butte Chance Chaudoin Clark De Witt Duell Englewood Flat Creek Foster Fredlund Glendo Grand River Hall Horse Creek Liberty Lincoln Lodgepole Lone Tree Maltby Marshfield Meadow Moreau Plateau Rainbow Rockford Scotch Cap Sidney Strool Trail Vail Vickers Viking Vrooman Wells White Butte Wilson
CDP	Prairie City
Other communities	Chance Lodgepole Meadow Shadehill Sorum Usta White Butte Zeona
Ghost towns	Bixby Coal Springs Date Ellingson Imogene Strool Zeona
Indian reservation	Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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