Miranda is an unincorporated community in Faulk County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.[1]
History
Miranda was platted in 1886.[2] The community was named for the mother of a railroad official.[2] Miranda contained a post office from 1887 until 1985.[3] Google Maps has, as usual, never bothered to go there for mapping.
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Miranda, South Dakota
- 1 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. 103.
- ↑ "Faulk County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
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44°58′19″N 98°57′51″W / 44.97194°N 98.96417°W
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