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Davison County, South Dakota

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29historic places

—earliest paper

1873formed

19,956pop. 2020

17cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 29 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Mitchell, Mount Vernon, Riverside.

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 Davison titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

13 of 29 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

29 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Anderson, John F., House	Mitchell	Building	1982
Bauer, Whittier and Virginia, House	Mitchell	Building	2010
Beckwith, Louis, House	Mitchell	Building	1982
Bobb, E.B., House	Mitchell	Building	2002
Chambers, C. E., House	Mitchell	Building	1990
Dakota Wesleyan University	Mitchell	Building	1976
Henline, Ellis and Roberta Farmstead	Mount Vernon	District	2010
Hill, W.S., House	Mitchell	Building	2009
Holy Family Church, School, and Rectory	Mitchell	Building	1976
Kibbee-Nepstad House	Mitchell	Building	1995
Koch Apartments	Mitchell	Building	1996
Koch, William, House	Mitchell	Building	1996
Mitchell Historic Commercial District (Additional Documentation)	Mitchell	District	1975
Mitchell Historic Commercial District (Boundary Increase and Decrease) (Additional Documentation)	Mitchell	District	2013
Mitchell Historic Commercial District (Boundary Increase and Decrease) II	Mitchell	District	2026
Mitchell Historic Commercial District (Boundary Increase)	Mitchell	District	1995
Mitchell Lustron Historic District	Mitchell	District	1998
Mitchell Site NHL	Mitchell	Site	1966
Mitchell West Central Residential Historic District	Mitchell	District	1999
Mount Vernon City Auditorium	Mount Vernon	Building	2022
Scheurenbrand, Gottlieb and Friederike, House	Mitchell	Building	2018
Seaman, Louis N. and Helen, House	Mitchell	Building	2018
Site 39DV24	Mitchell	Site	1984
Site 39DV9	Riverside	Site	1984
South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 18-040-137	Mitchell	Structure	1993
South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 18-060-202	Mitchell	Structure	1993
South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 18-100-052	Loomis	Structure	1993
Welch, L. J., House	Mitchell	Building	1989
Whittier School	Mitchell	Building	2007

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Davison was formed in 1873 (1873-01-08) from Hanson.

DAVISON created by Dakota Territory in present South Dakota from HANSON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,256	7,483	14,139	15,336	16,522	16,681	17,820	18,741	19,956

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

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

Cemeteries — 17 of 17 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
American Legion Cemetery	43.73156	-98.03357
Calvary Cemetery	43.73322	-98.03257
Church of God Cemetery	43.526	-98.2225
Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery	43.76156	-98.28613
Emsley Cemetery	43.5247	-98.14451
Ethan Hillcrest Cemetery	43.54921	-97.97951
Graceland Cemetery	43.73275	-98.03535
Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery	43.55031	-97.97849
Lisbon Township Cemetery	43.62931	-98.12776
Mount Vernon Cemetery	43.71831	-98.24702
New Home Lutheran Cemetery	43.59692	-98.04562
Nicolaisen Cemetery	43.61498	-98.25563
Quaker Cemetery	43.70165	-98.32535
Sunset Memorial Park	43.68109	-98.00812
Union Cemetery	43.58973	-98.30502
Victor Lutheran Cemetery	43.81804	-98.30674
Zion Lutheran Cemetery	43.54234	-98.2904

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

Historical markers

HMdb link

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