Editing Claire City, South Dakota (section)

==History==

Claire City was founded in 1913 and named by A. E. Feeney, one of the four donors of the town site, for his wife, Claire. Mrs. Feeney was still living on land adjoining the town in 1941.<ref>[[Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve]] (editor), ''South Dakota Geographic Names'': Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Brevet Press, 1973, p 55.</ref> The post office in Claire City was established on November 21, 1913.<ref>George H. Phillips, ''The Postoffices of South Dakota 1861-1930'': Crete, Nebraska, J-B Publishing Company, 1975, p 54.</ref> The first postmaster was Ben Sandsmark; the post office moved into the Herb Bladow building in 1968.<ref>''Claire City and New Effington, 1913-88'': local Book Committee, 640pp.</ref>