Bad Nation Township, Mellette County, South Dakota

Coordinates: 43°36′01″N 100°20′35″W / 43.6003°N 100.3430°W / 43.6003; -100.3430
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Bad Nation Township is a township in Mellette County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.[1]

History[edit]

The township has the name of Bad Nation, a Native American chieftain.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bad Nation Township, Mellette County, South Dakota
  2. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 25.


43°36′01″N 100°20′35″W / 43.6003°N 100.3430°W / 43.6003; -100.3430