Victoria Creek

Coordinates: 44°02′51″N 103°20′42″W / 44.04750°N 103.34500°W / 44.04750; -103.34500
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Victoria Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of South Dakota.[1] It is located in the Black Hills, near Rapid City, which is north-northeast of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial.[2]

Some say the creek took the name of a local mining company, while others believe the creek has the name of Queen Victoria.[3]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Victoria Creek
  2. ^ "MapaCarta".
  3. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.3. University of South Dakota. p. 66.

44°02′51″N 103°20′42″W / 44.04750°N 103.34500°W / 44.04750; -103.34500