Shannon County

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Shannon County is a county in South Dakota known for encompassing much of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and sites significant to Oglala Lakota history.

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Shannon County canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf county
former county
areaLandSquareMiles approximately 2,094 square miles
areaTotalSquareMiles approximately 2,097 square miles
areaWaterPercent approximately 0.3 percent
bordersCounty Bennett County, South Dakota
Fall River County, South Dakota
Jackson County, South Dakota
Pennington County, South Dakota
bordersState Nebraska
containsSettlement Allen
Kyle
Manderson
Oglala
linked to: Oglala Lakota

Pine Ridge
Porcupine
Red Shirt
Rockyford
Wanblee
Wounded Knee
linked to: Wounded Knee Creek
containsSite Badlands National Park (South Unit)
Pine Ridge Agency
Porcupine Butte
White Clay Creek
Wounded Knee Massacre site
country United States of America
countySeat Hot Springs
countySeatLocatedIn Fall River County, South Dakota
dateCreated 1875-01-29
dateDissolved 2015-05-01
dateEstablished 1875-01-29
dateOrganized 1914-05-27
elevationCharacteristic high plains and badlands topography
federalCongressionalDistrict South Dakota at-large congressional district
governingBody Oglala Sioux Tribal Council (for reservation affairs)
hasSignificantPopulation Oglala Lakota
historicallyKnownFor Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890
sites significant to Oglala Lakota history
largestCommunity Pine Ridge
locatedIn Great Plains
Oglala Lakota County
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
South Dakota
locatedInTimeZone Mountain Time Zone
majorTribalNation Oglala Sioux Tribe
namedAfterOccupation Chief Justice of the Dakota Territory Supreme Court
namedFor Peter C. Shannon
partOf Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
renamedTo Oglala Lakota County
renamingApprovedBy South Dakota Legislature
voters of Shannon County
renamingEffectiveDate 2015-05-01
replacedBy Oglala Lakota County
stateLegislativeDistrict South Dakota legislative districts covering Pine Ridge Reservation

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Wounded Knee Creek locatedIn Shannon County
Oglala Lakota County borderedBy Shannon County
Oglala Lakota County previousName Shannon County
Oglala Lakota County renamedFrom Shannon County