Stinking Water Creek (Little White River tributary)

Coordinates: 43°06′09″N 102°00′58″W / 43.10250°N 102.01611°W / 43.10250; -102.01611
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Stinking Water Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of South Dakota.[1] It is a tributary of Little White River.

Stinking Water Creek's name comes from the Sioux Indians of the area, on account of the naturally occurring unpleasant odor along its course.[2]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stinking Water Creek (Little White River tributary)
  2. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.3. University of South Dakota. p. 62.

43°06′09″N 102°00′58″W / 43.10250°N 102.01611°W / 43.10250; -102.01611