Hot Springs National Cemetery
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Coordinates: 43°26′24″N 103°28′20″W / 43.440016°N 103.472162°W Hot Springs National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in the city of Hot Springs in Fall River County, South Dakota. It encompasses 8.7 acres (3.5 ha), and as of the end of 2005, had 1,484 interments. It is administered by the Black Hills National Cemetery.
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History [edit]
In 1902 a veterans care facility was constructed in the area, and the cemetery was established to inter veterans who died while residing there. It was transferred to the National Cemetery system in 1973.
Hot Springs National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Notable interments [edit]
- Lieutenant Charles Russell, Medal of Honor recipient for action at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House during the Civil War.
See also [edit]
External links [edit]
- National Cemetery Administration
- Hot Springs National Cemetery
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hot Springs National Cemetery
- Hot Springs National Cemetery at Find a Grave
- Hot Springs National Cemetery, Virginia Medical Center500 North Fifth Street, Hot Springs, Fall River, SD at the Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS)
