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Codington County, South Dakota

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44historic places

—earliest paper

1877formed

28,325pop. 2020

33cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 44 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1976. Most listings are in or near Watertown, Florence, Kranzburg.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

32 of 44 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

44 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Adams, E. C., House	Watertown	Building	1989
Barr Farmstead	Florence	District	2005
Beskow Barn	South Shore	Building	2003
Carnegie Free Public Library	Watertown	Building	1976
Cartford, Benjamin H., House	Watertown	Building	1989
Citizens State Bank of Henry	Henry	Building	1997
Codington County Courthouse	Watertown	Building	1978
Davis, Amy A., House	Watertown	Building	1989
DeGraff, Curt E., House	Watertown	Building	1989
Emminger, Corson, Round Barn	Watertown	Building	1978
Evangelical United Brethren Church	Watertown	Building	1989
Ferris, James W., House	Watertown	Building	1989
Florence Methodist Church	Florence	Building	1991
Fowler, C.E. and Bertha, House	Watertown	Building	2001
Freeburg, Dr. H. M., House	Watertown	Building	1989
Gilruth, A. C., House	Watertown	Building	1989
Goodhue Lutheran Church	Florence	Building	1996
Hanson, Nels M., Farmstead	Henry	Building	1989
Hanten, John B., House	Watertown	Building	1990
Henningson, Dr. Harry, House	Watertown	Building	1989
Holy Rosary Church	Kranzburg	Building	1986
Johnson, A. Einar, House	Watertown	Building	1989
Jones, Mabel and David, House	Watertown	Building	2001
Kemp Avenue Bridge	Watertown	Structure	1993
Kranzburg School District No. 5	Kranzburg	Building	1991
Mathiesen House	Watertown	Building	1982
Mauseth, Peter, House	Watertown	Building	1989
Melham, Andrew and Lulu, House	Watertown	Building	2011
Mellette House	Watertown	Building	1976
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad Depot	Watertown	Building	1985
Mount Hope Cemetery Mausoleum	Watertown	Building	1986
Olive Place	Watertown	Building	1978
Puhlman Farm	Hazel	District	2003
Reeve's Resort	Florence	District	1989
Ries, Nicholas T., Farmstead	Kranzburg	District	1988
Sheafe, Gen. Mark W., House	Watertown	Building	1987
South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 15-210-136	Watertown	Structure	1993
Tarbell, Dr., House	Watertown	Building	2001
Watertown Commercial Historic District	Watertown	District	1989
Watertown Commercial Historic District (Boundary Decrease)	Watertown	District	2021
Watertown Post Office	Watertown	Building	1976
Watertown Stadium	Watertown	Structure	2000
Willson, Walter, House	Watertown	Building	1989
Zech Farmstead	Watertown	District	2005

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Codington was formed in 1877 (1877-02-15) from Clark, Grant, Hamlin, part of the Wahpeton, Sisseton Indian Reserve.

CODINGTON created by Dakota Territory in present South Dakota from CLARK, GRANT, HAMLIN, and part of the Wahpeton and Sisseton Indian Reserve.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,156	8,770	16,549	17,014	18,944	20,220	20,885	25,897	28,325

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

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

Cemeteries — 33 of 33 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Bergen Cemetery	45.14465	-97.18549
Berger Cemetery	45.08052	-97.18647
Dexter Cemetery	45.12312	-97.29694
Esterly Cemetery	45.05626	-97.22802
Gautsch Child Grave	45.07778	-97.31128
Goodhue Cemetery	45.1298	-97.39295
Graceland Cemetery	44.96287	-97.4747
Gray Methodist Episcopal Cemetery (historical)	None	None
Helgen Cemetery	45.10857	-97.27118
Holy Rosary Cemetery	44.89468	-96.91867
Jellis Grave	45.01499	-96.995
Kampeska Cemetery	44.86997	-97.27822
Klix Cemetery	45.12491	-97.04698
Lake Nicholson Cemetery	45.03607	-97.39091
Lakeview Cemetery	45.1032	-96.93326
Lorinda Cemetery	44.8919	-97.45202
Mother of God Monastery Cemetery	44.90681	-97.16156
Mother of God Monastery Cemetery	44.86758	-97.1182
Mount Hope Cemetery	44.91635	-97.09895
New Helgen Cemetery	45.05627	-97.33074
Phipps Cemetery	45.00526	-97.49195
Saint Henry Catholic Cemetery	44.87571	-97.46263
Saint John's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery	45.0419	-97.0855
Saint Joseph's Catholic Cemetery	44.99635	-96.97006
Saint Lukes Lutheran Cemetery	45.09276	-97.03378
Saint Marys Cemetery	44.89079	-97.08395
Saint Maurice Esterly Blessed Sacrament Catholic Cemetery	45.07305	-97.22862
Saint Pauli Lutheran Cemetery	45.14446	-97.47203
Saint Peter’s Catholic Cemetery	44.81223	-97.26954
Schneider’s Grove Cemetery	44.90471	-96.95055
Soren Hjermstad Family Cemetery	45.11889	-97.4139
Spooner Children Graves	44.88961	-96.91759
Strange Graves	44.81833	-97.35001

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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