Topbar, South Dakota

Coordinates: 44°18′42″N 101°36′50″W / 44.31167°N 101.61389°W / 44.31167; -101.61389
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Topbar is located in South Dakota
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Location within the state of South Dakota
Coordinates: 44°18′42″N 101°36′50″W / 44.31167°N 101.61389°W / 44.31167; -101.61389
CountryUnited States
StateSouth Dakota
CountyHaakon
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)

Topbar, South Dakota (also known as Top Bar), is a populated place in West Haakon [1] township in Haakon County, South Dakota, United States,[2] near to Milesville, South Dakota and Philip, South Dakota.[3]

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Carrie Ingalls, younger sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House on the Prairie) was an independent young woman, and though single, she filed on a homestead claim in Top Bar, South Dakota. She met there her future husband; David N. Swanzey and his children.[4][5]

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