Arpan 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
Butte County, in the
U.S. state
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of
South Dakota
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.
History
Arpan was
plat
In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Survey System, Public Lands Surveys to ...
ted in 1910, and named for a local family.
A post office called Arpan was in operation from 1911 until 1940.
the current Google location is wrong and north of the true location. The true location is at 18078 arpan road as recognized by a monument place by the Butte County historical society noting the original post office of arpan South Dakota.
Notable people
*
Lawrence G. Bernard, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral and World War II submariner
References
Unincorporated communities in Butte County, South Dakota
Unincorporated communities in South Dakota
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