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Buffalo Chip Campground Wants To Become Its Own City

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STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — A campground and event site that swells in size during the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally wants to become a community all its own, but Sturgis officials are fighting the idea.

Buffalo Chip Campground owner Rod Woodruff wants to turn the 600-acre site into a city that could attract businesses. If the Meade County Commission determines the bid conforms to state statutes, it has to call an election of registered voters in the area on whether to become a municipality.

That decision won’t come until later, because Sturgis officials are fighting the effort. They maintain that the campground is within the 3-mile jurisdiction of Sturgis, meaning it can’t incorporate into its own city.

Buffalo Chip attorney Kent Hagg says officials will hire an engineering company to measure the distance.

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