Spink Township is a
township
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
in
Union County,
South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. 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 Lakota people, Lakota and Dakota peo ...
, United States. Its population was 245 at the
2000 census.
Located in western Union County, Spink Township borders the following other townships:
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Emmet Township — north
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Big Springs Township — northeastern corner
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Sioux Valley Township — east
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Richland Township — southeastern corner
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Brule Township — south
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Fairview Township, Clay County — southwestern corner
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Prairie Center Township, Clay County — west
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Garfield Township, Clay County — northwestern corner
A community, also named Spink, was established in the township in 1871. At its peak, the community was strong enough to compete for the title of
county seat
A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is in use in Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, Taiwan, and the United States. The equivalent term shire town is used in the US st ...
.
Spink Settlement
Union County Historical Society. Accessed 2009-07-27.
Toward the end of the 20th century only a few business remained in the community of Spink. The Spink Cafe was the center of life in the township and was still a place where farmers would gather. Gary's Repair was a place where people could get the truck or tractor a little work and the old Co-Op that went by the name of Spink Oil was the town's gas station. Spink Oil closed in 1997 and today only the Cafe and Gary's Repair remain.
A proposed refinery b
Hyperion Refining, LLC
is now working to build the nation's first new oil refinery in years in the United States, this proposed refinery has created a large split in the corn and bean farmers of Union County. A few family farms were given money for options on the land that makes up the family farms that have been a part of the county since the late 19th century. This split lead to the formation of th
save union county group
and attracted a lot of media attention.
References
Townships in Union County, South Dakota
Townships in South Dakota
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