Do you know of Running Water ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Running Water. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Running Water.

Our sources for Running Water (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Running Water other than they indicate that Running Water would be found somewhere in Bon Homme County, South Dakota.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Running Water ...

We found one communities that share the name Running Water.

Within South Dakota, the name Running Water is unique.

Beyond South Dakota, there is another community also named Running Water in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Texas
    • Hale County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Running Water [Hale County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Running Water ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Running Water:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Running Water - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

The FIPS database contains an entry for Running Water.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 46/56820   (Place Name: Running Water)

County: Bon Homme     (FIPS State/County: 46/009)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Running Water) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Bon Homme County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Bon Homme County.