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Fox Ridge is a ghost towninMeade County, in the U.S. stateofSouth Dakota. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.^[1]

History

A post office called Fox Ridge was established in 1911, and remained in operation until 1940.^[2] The town had the name of Fox, an Indian outlaw who was killed at a nearby ridge.^[3]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fox Ridge, South Dakota

^ "Meade County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on January 27, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2015.

^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 38.

44°59′40″N 102°31′32″W / 44.99444°N 102.52556°W / 44.99444; -102.52556

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