Milbank

South Dakota, United States
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Also known as: Milbank Junction

Milbank, city, seat (1883) of Grant county, northeastern South Dakota, U.S. It lies on the South Fork Whetstone River, about 120 miles (200 km) north of Sioux Falls and 10 miles (16 km) west of the Minnesota border. Sioux Indians inhabited the area when settlers began arriving in 1877. The community was founded in 1880 with the arrival of the railroad. Originally called Milbank Junction—for Jeremiah Milbank, director of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad—it later had its name shortened. Milbank’s economy depends on agriculture (including dairy products, livestock, corn [maize], soybeans, wheat, rye, and oats), granite quarrying, business ...(100 of 143 words)