- Booge, South Dakota
Booge is an unincorporated community in Red Rock Township, Minnehaha County,
South Dakota ,United States . The community sits on a major railroad route for the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railroad Company, and it is a half-way point betweenGarretson, South Dakota andManley, Minnesota .Geography
Booge is located at coor dms|43|38|45|N|96|27|36|W|city (43.6458060, -96.4600409)GR|1. Booge sits 2 1/2 miles north of
Interstate 90 on the Minnesota border on CR(county road)-130 and one mile west ofMinnesota State Highway 23 .History
Booge was named after C.A. Booge, an official of the Sioux City and Great Northern Railroad Company on January 21, 1891. Booge was responsible for getting the railroad line extended into South Dakota.
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* [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_topdoc=1&p_docnum=1&p_sort=YMD_date:D&p_product=NewsBank&p_text_direct-0=document_id=(%200F6ABE1928BF74B9%20)&p_docid=0F6ABE1928BF74B9&p_theme=aggregated4&p_queryname=0F6ABE1928BF74B9&f_openurl=yes&p_nbid=Y59K52LIMTE4OTk4MjQwNS43ODg4NzY6MToxMToxMzcuMjE2LjAuMA&&p_multi=SALB&s_jsEnabled=true History of Booge, courtesy of the Argus Leader.]
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