Mosquito Creek (South Dakota)

Coordinates: 42°57′26″N 98°21′04″W / 42.95722°N 98.35111°W / 42.95722; -98.35111
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Mosquito Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of South Dakota.[1]

Mosquito Creek derives its name not from the mosquito, but from a Sioux Indian.[2]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mosquito Creek (South Dakota)
  2. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 45.

42°57′26″N 98°21′04″W / 42.95722°N 98.35111°W / 42.95722; -98.35111