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Pennington County, South Dakota, United States

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Details for Pennington County

NamePennington County
Place TypeCounty
Located in
South Dakota, United States
County SeatRapid City
Coordinates
Latitude 43.9833212 43° 58' 60" N
Longitude -102.7671162 102° 46' 01.6" W
Population81,343
Elevation900 m
Surrounding CountiesMeade N
Ziebach NE
Haakon E
Jackson E
Shannon S
Custer SW
Weston (Wyoming) W
Crook (Wyoming) NW
Lawrence NW
USGS GNIS FeatureID1266995
Histopolis Place ID550438735
Updated May 12, 2011
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Genealogy Resources for Pennington County

9 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.
Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=2409 (2 Sep 2009)

Pennington County, South Dakota Cemetery Records [Interment.net]
Cemetery records of Pennington County, South Dakota
http://www.interment.net/us/sd/pennington.htm (16 May 2010)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > South Dakota > Pennington County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > South Dakota > Pennington County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/SD/Pennington/ (26 Dec 2009)

Pennington County, South Dakota SD, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Pennington County, South Dakota SD, county profile, with sections on demographics, cemeteries, the economy, government, history and politics.
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=12945 (23 Nov 2008)

Pennington County SDGENWEB Archives [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/sd/pennington/pennington.html (22 Jan 2010)

South Dakota Gravestone Photo Project - Cemetery Index [South Dakota Gravestone Photos]
Research your South Dakota ancestors and family history by searching our online database of South Dakota gravestone photos. Locate South Dakota gravestone images of your descendants and discover your South Dakota roots.
http://southdakotagravestones.org/cemeteries.php?selected_cid=51 (2 Dec 2010)

The Political Graveyard: Pennington County, S.Dak. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/PE.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

Cemeteries in or near Pennington County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=12945&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (16 Jan 2009)

Pennington County, South Dakota - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennington_County,_South_Dakota
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Surveys in Pennington County

2 Surveys, 20 Ranges, 99 Townships

The Black Hills Meridian and Sixth Principal Meridian surveys govern land descriptions in all or part of Pennington County. You can navigate to any of the 99 survey townships that overlap Pennington County using the navigation tool below.

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Townships, Cities and Towns of Pennington County

20 Townships, 3 Cities, 4 Towns (Township is assumed unless noted)
AshBox Elder (city)Castle ButteCedar Butte
ConataCrooked CreekFairviewFlat Butte
Hill (city)HuronImlayKeystone (town)
Lake CreekLake FlatLake HillOwanka
PenoQuinnQuinn (town)Rainy Creek/Cheyenne Township
Rapid (city)ScenicShyneSunnyside
Wall (town)WastaWasta (town)

Cities of Pennington County

4 Cities, 4 Towns, 62 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)
AjaxArrowhead EstatesAshland HeightsBig Bend
Box Elder (city)Broadmoor SubdivisionCanyon City (historical u.p.)Caputa
Castleton (historical u.p.)Clara Belle Camp (historical u.p.)Clarkson AdditionColonial Pine Hills
ConataCopper Camp (historical u.p.)CreightonCreston
DeerfieldFairview (historical u.p.)FarmingdaleFive Points
Florence (historical u.p.)Frenchtown (historical u.p.)Gold Mountain SubdivisionGossage Memorial
Green ValleyHarneyHayward (historical u.p.)Hill (city)
HisegaImlayJ and E Trailer CourtJohnson Siding
KennedyvilleKeystone (town)Lakota HomesMawl Springs
McGeeMelcore Acres SubdivisionMoonMurphy
MyersvilleMysticNew Underwood (city)Oreville
OwankaPactola (historical u.p.)PedroQuinn (town)
Rapid (city)Rapid ValleyRedfernReno
Ridgeland HeightsRochfordRockervilleScenic
SchaefervilleSheridan (historical u.p.)Silver CitySioux Village
South Canyon Country EstatesStratosphere BowlThunderbird Homes AdditionTigerville
Twilight Hills AdditionWall (town)WarbonnetWasta (town)
WicksvilleWildwood Addition

Cemeteries of Pennington County

15 Cemeteries, 3 Alternate Names (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)
CreightonEmmanuel LutheranKeystoneLarsen
Mount CalvaryMount HopeMountain ViewMt. Calvary (*)
Mt. Hope (*)OwankaPine Lawn Memorial ParkRochford
RockervilleRoseSaint PaulScenic
St. Paul (*)Wall

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