Kampeska is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Codington County, in the

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South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state, state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Dakota people, Dakota Sioux ...

History

Kampeska was

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ted in 1883. The community took its name from nearby

Lake Kampeska Lake Kampeska is a inland glacial lake in the United States, U.S. state of South Dakota. It is located west-northwest of Watertown, South Dakota and lies entirely within Codington County and the Coteau des Prairies. The lake is naturally shaped a ...

. The Kampeska post office closed in 1928.

Notable people

* Arthur C. Mellette, (resided on Lake Kampeska), first

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of South Dakota and last Governor of the Dakota Territory. *

Fred H. Hildebrandt Fred Herman Hildebrandt (August 2, 1874 – January 26, 1956) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from South Dakota, serving three consecutive terms. He worked for the railroad for nearly three decades and was appointed as ...

, (resided on Lake Kampeska), U.S. Representative from South Dakota.

References

Unincorporated communities in Codington County, South Dakota Unincorporated communities in South Dakota {{SouthDakota-geo-stub