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Dewey County, South Dakota

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5historic places

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1873formed

5,239pop. 2020

27cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 5 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Eagle Butte, Timber Lake, La Plant.

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

2 of 5 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

5 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Dakota Club Library	Eagle Butte	Building	2004
Drees Brothers General Mechandise	Timber Lake	Building	1998
Forest City Bridge	La Plant	Structure	2001
Laurens Polygonal Hog House	Eagle Butte	Building	1995
Molstad Village NHL	Mobridge	Site	1966

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Dewey was formed in 1873 (1873-01-08) from unknown / original county.

RUSK (now DEWEY) created by Dakota Territory in present South Dakota from Non-County Area 1.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1880	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
46	4,802	5,709	4,916	5,257	5,366	5,972	5,239

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

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

Cemeteries — 27 of 27 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Ascension Cemetery	45.36014	-100.39495
Congregational Cemetery	45.14934	-100.64414
Eagle Butte Cemetery	45.01442	-101.25764
Emmanuel Episcopal Cemetery	45.26498	-100.8543
Green Grass Cemetery	45.16136	-101.25625
Hillview Cemetery	45.39914	-101.44542
Holy Cross Cemetery	45.4297	-101.05541
Lantry Cemetery	45.00859	-101.43042
Le Beau Cemetery (historical)	45.1986	-100.29291
Lindsay Cemetery	44.71887	-101.00043
On - a - Tree Cemetery	45.18609	-101.06708
Our Savior Cemetery	45.47248	-101.25069
Promise Cemetery	45.33113	-100.61252
Rousseau Cemetery (historical)	44.74359	-100.99376
Rushs Enemy Cemetery	45.13476	-100.67645
Sacred Heart Cemetery	45.44332	-100.91624
Saint Basils Cemetery at Mossman	45.03784	-100.89487
Saint James Cemetery	45.04553	-101.45598
Saint Johns Cemetery	45.35416	-100.58792
Saint Josephs Cemetery	45.0822	-100.79291
Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery	45.15494	-100.63409
Saint Marys Church Cemetery	45.33346	-100.69205
Saint Pauls Episcopal Cemetery	45.14616	-100.63771
Saint Theresa Catholic Cemetery	45.26954	-100.85882
Swift Bird Cemetery (historical)	45.12193	-100.31791
UCC Cemetery	45.34309	-100.65711
Walking Horse Cemetery	44.73386	-101.0182

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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