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Glencross (Lakota: Mázačhaŋku Otȟúŋwahe; "Railroad Village"[3]) is an unincorporated community in Dewey County in the U.S. state of South Dakota. It is located within the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation.[2]

Glencross, South Dakota
Unincorporated community
Glencross Location within the state of South Dakota
Coordinates: 45°26′54″N 100°55′17″W
Country	United States
State	South Dakota
County	Dewey
Founded[1]	1919
Named for	Two nearby glens
Elevation	2,152 ft (656 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP codes	57630
Area code(s)	605
FIPS code[2]	46-24460
GNIS feature ID[2]	1255259

History

Glencross was founded in 1919 by Conrad Mattern, who, along with his brother Frederick Louis Mattern, owned and operated the first store in the town. The town's name reportedly comes from its location where two valleys, or glens, intersect.[1]

Notable person

Elmer Diedtrich, South Dakota politician[4]

References

Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota Place-Names, Part I: State, County, and Town Names. Vermillion, South Dakota: University of South Dakota. p. 39. OCLC 34885177.
"US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
Ullrich, Jan, ed. (2011). New Lakota Dictionary (2nd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Lakota Language Consortium. p. 952. ISBN 978-0-9761082-9-0. LCCN 2008922508.
News item-Governor of South Dakota-Death of Elmer Diedtrich

v t e Municipalities and communities of Dewey County, South Dakota, United States
County seat: Timber Lake
Cities	Eagle Butte‡ Timber Lake
Town	Isabel
CDPs	Green Grass La Plant Lantry North Eagle Butte Swift Bird Whitehorse
Other communities	Firesteel Glencross Parade Promise Ridgeview
Indian reservations	Cheyenne River Indian Reservation‡ Standing Rock Indian Reservation‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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