Raleigh is a

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(CDP) in

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, United States. An

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, it was designated as part of the

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's Participant Statistical Areas Program on March 31, 2010. It was not counted separately during the 2000 Census, but was included in the 2010 Census, where a population of 12 was reported.

Geography

It is located in the northeast quarter of section 12 of

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133 north, Range 86 west. The post office opened October 1, 1910, with Charles C. Leonard as postmaster, after he moved his general store here from Dogtooth, a nearby town and post office which soon afterward ceased to exist.

Demographics

History

Raleigh is situated in what was originally Morton County but today is Grant County. Raleigh was created as a coaling stop along the

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that separated from the railroad's Pacific Extension in

McLaughlin, South Dakota McLaughlin (Lakota language, Lakota: ''matȟó Akíčita or Makáȟleča''; "Bear Soldier") is a city in northeastern Corson County, South Dakota, Corson County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 663 at the 2010 United States Census ...

and ran to

New England, North Dakota New England is a city in Hettinger County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 683 at the 2020 census. New England was founded in 1887, predating all other settlements in Hettinger County by many years. The name recognizes that man ...

. The name comes from Sir

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and was settled by a wave of German Russians who had previously settled near Strasburg in Emmons County.

References

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