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Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0Famous people · Box Elder
Box Elder has one famous person on record
In 1892, the American deaf female aviator Nellie Zabel Willhite was born. That places their birth in the age of mills and railroads. 6 languages have an article about them. The nearest list is next door in Rapid City: 46 names, starting with Lawrence Lessig.
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1
notable people
Best known
Nellie Zabel Willhite
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1892
Nellie Zabel Willhite
Most common field
Military
1 people
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Box Elder and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
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- Lawrence Lessig: Joi Ito, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons