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Van Metre, South Dakota

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History
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Van Metre is an unincorporated community in Jones County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.^[1]

History

Van Metre was originally Bovine; the present name is in honor of Arthur C. Van Metre, a South Dakota pioneer.^[2] A post office called Bovine was established in 1891, the name was changed to Van Metre in 1907, and the post office closed in 1960.^[3]

References

1. ^{{GNIS|1265406}}
2. ^{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA133|year=1908|page=133}}
3. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=SD&county=Jones | title=Jones County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=30 March 2015}}

{{Jones County, South Dakota}}{{coord|44|09|34|N|100|47|38|W|type:city_region:US-SD_source:GNIS-enwiki|display=title}}{{SouthDakota-geo-stub}}

2 : Unincorporated communities in Jones County, South Dakota|Unincorporated communities in South Dakota

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