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Brule County, South Dakota

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7historic places

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1875formed

5,247pop. 2020

24cemeteries

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At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 7 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1983. Most listings are in or near Chamberlain, Pukwana, Platte.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for South Dakota is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Brule titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

4 of 7 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

7 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Ashley Shanty and Privy	Pukwana	Building	1999
Chamberlain Bridge	Chamberlain	Structure	2001
Chamberlain Rest Stop Tipi	Chamberlain	Object	2015
Crawford, Robert A., House	Chamberlain	Building	1994
Dunlap Methodist Episcopal Church	Platte	Building	2001
Holy Trinity Church	Kimball	Building	1983
Morrison, Edward, House	Pukwana	Building	2005

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Brule was formed in 1875 (1875-01-14) from Charles Mix.

BRULE created by Dakota Territory in present South Dakota from CHARLES MIX; BRULE was fully organized, but in May 1875 the land was withdrawn from settlement by executive order of President Grant.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Brule County population from 1880 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
238	5,401	7,141	6,195	6,076	6,319	5,245	5,364	5,247

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

24 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 24 of 24 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Amunid Emmanual Lutheran Cemetery	43.60796	-99.23198
Bijou Hills Union Cemetery	43.52805	-99.17092
Bohemian Cemetery	43.61499	-99.07897
Bullis Wilbur Cemetery	43.61943	-98.85369
Community Cemetery	43.77416	-99.19231
Dunlap Church Cemetery	43.55742	-98.83338
Eagle Cemetery	43.58487	-99.05082
Free Norweigan Lutheran Cemetery	43.81527	-99.19481
Gabrielson Cemetery	43.55999	-98.88175
German Lutheran Cemetery	43.61582	-99.21481
Grandview Cemetery	43.64305	-99.29009
Holy Trinity Bendon Catholic Cemetery	43.60066	-99.07277
Kimball Cemetery	43.74541	-98.97283
Larson Cemetery	43.56249	-98.85063
Lutheran Cemetery	43.70166	-99.16981
Norwegian Cemetery	43.79916	-99.19425
Pleasant Grove Cemetery	43.54416	-98.91258
Riverview Cemetery	43.78749	-99.33204
Saint Anthony Cemetery	43.77416	-99.19148
Saint Margarets Cemetery	43.73694	-98.96314
Saint Procopius Church Cemetery	43.64323	-99.15517
Saint Vencels Bohemian National Cemetery	43.60082	-99.15231
Swedish Lutheran Cemetery	43.58633	-99.21055
Vega Cemetery	43.92082	-99.0787

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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