Chance, South Dakota

Chance is an unincorporated community in Perkins County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.^[1]

History

A post office called Chance was established in 1901, and remained in operation until 1958.^[2] The name may be derived from the local Chance Ranch, or according to tradition, because petitioners for the post office saw "little chance" their efforts would succeed.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chance, South Dakota
↑ "Perkins County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
↑ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 30.

Municipalities and communities of Perkins County, South Dakota, United States

County seat: Bison

City	Lemmon

Town	Bison

Townships	Ada Anderson Antelope Barrett Beck-Highland Bison Burdick Cash Castle Butte Chaudoin Clark De Witt Duell Englewood Flat Creek Flint Rock Foster Fredlund Glendo Grand River Hall Horse Creek Liberty Lincoln Lodgepole Lone Tree Maltby Marshfield Meadow Moreau Plateau Rainbow Rockford Scotch Cap Sidney Strool Trail Vail Vickers Viking Vrooman Wells White Butte Wilson

CDP	Prairie City

Other unincorporated communities	Bixby Chance Coal Springs Date Imogene Lodgepole Meadow Shadehill Sorum Strool Summerville Usta White Butte Zeona

Ghost towns	Ellingson Zeona

Coordinates: 45°24′36″N 102°16′53″W / 45.41000°N 102.28139°W / 45.41000; -102.28139

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