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Madison: Dakota State University
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Madison, city, seat (1873) of Lake county, southeastern South Dakota, U.S. It lies about 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Sioux Falls. In 1870 settlers William Lee and Charles Walker arrived in the area and named it for Madison, Wisconsin, which was near their previous home. The community was laid out on Lake Madison in 1875 after having been chosen as county seat two years earlier. In 1880 the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad passed through a homestead that lay about 5 miles (8 km) northwest, and the residents of Madison and nearby Herman moved their towns to that ...(100 of 205 words)

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