Morefield, South Dakota

Morefield is an unincorporated community in central Minnehaha County, South Dakota in Sverdrup Township. Morefield is 2 miles (3 km) northeast of Crooks, along an abandoned Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific rail line that ran from Renner to Madison. It is also 3 miles (5 km) north of the Renner/Crooks exit on Interstate 29 (and a half mile east of the interstate) on County road 133.

History

Founded in 1902, Morefield was a busy country community center. Morefield was named by Norwegian settlers for a Norwegian word, Meråker, which means more field.

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

County seat: Sioux Falls

Cities	Baltic Brandon Colton Crooks Dell Rapids Garretson Hartford Sioux Falls‡ Valley Springs

Towns	Humboldt Sherman

CDPs	Anderson Meadow View Addition Pine Lakes Addition Renner Corner

Other unincorporated communities	Benclare Booge Corson Ellis Lyons Morefield Renner Rowena

Townships	Benton Brandon Buffalo Burk Clear Lake Dell Rapids Edison Grand Meadow Hartford Highland Humboldt Logan Lyons Mapleton Palisade Red Rock Split Rock Sverdrup Taopi Valley Springs Wall Lake Wayne Wellington

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 43°41′20″N 96°46′15″W / 43.68889°N 96.77083°W / 43.68889; -96.77083

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