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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Shannon County canonical 5

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Statements (54)

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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