Blood Run Site
The Blood Run Site is an archaeological site on the border of the US states of Iowa and South Dakota. The site was essentially populated for 8,500 years, within which earthworks structures were built by the Oneota Culture and occupied by descendant tribes such as the Ioway, Otoe, Missouri, and shared with Quapaw and later Kansa, Osage, and Omaha people.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Granite and Shindler.
Granite
Hamlet
Granite is an unincorporated community in Sioux Township, Lyon County, Iowa, United States, near the historic Blood Run Site and the Gitchie Manitou State Preserve.
Shindler
Hamlet
Shindler is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lincoln County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 607 at the 2020 census. Shindler is situated 3½ miles west of Blood Run Site.
Rowena
Hamlet
Photo: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rowena is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States. The population of the CDP was 68 at the 2020 United States census. Rowena is situated 4 miles north of Blood Run Site.
Blood Run Site
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: place in Iowa and South Dakota listed on National Register of Historic Places
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Lyon, Iowa, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.46663° or 43° 27′ 60″ northLongitude
-96.58143° or 96° 34′ 53″ westOpen location code
86M5FC89+MCOpenStreetMap ID
node 6762896006OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q4927699
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In Other Languages
“Blood Run Site” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Blood Run/Rock Island National Historic Landmark”
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