Boxelder Creek (Cheyenne River tributary)

Coordinates: 44°00′51″N 102°28′00″W / 44.01417°N 102.46667°W / 44.01417; -102.46667
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The creek near Owanka in Pennington County.

Boxelder Creek is a stream in Pennington, Meade and Lawrence counties, South Dakota, in the United States.[1] It is a tributary of the Cheyenne River.

Boxelder Creek was named for the box elder growing along its banks.[2]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boxelder Creek (Cheyenne River tributary)
  2. ^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 46.

44°00′51″N 102°28′00″W / 44.01417°N 102.46667°W / 44.01417; -102.46667