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Fall River County, South Dakota

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
76historic places
—earliest paper
1883formed
6,973pop. 2020
16cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 76 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Edgemont, Hot Springs, City Restricted.

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 Fall River titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

5 of 76 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

76 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Allen Bank Building and Cascade Springs Bath House-SanitariumHot SpringsBuilding1984
Archeological 39FA1638EdgemontSite2005
Archeological Site 39FA1336EdgemontSite2005
Archeological Site 39FA1337EdgemontSite2005
Archeological Site 39FA2530EdgemontSite2016
Archeological Site 39FA2531EdgemontSite2016
Archeological Site No. 39FA1010Hot SpringsSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA1013Hot SpringsSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA1046EdgemontSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA1049Hot SpringsSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA1093Hot SpringsSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA1152Hot SpringsSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA1154Hot SpringsSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA1155Hot SpringsSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA1190EdgemontSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA1201EdgemontSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA1204Hot SpringsSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA243EdgemontSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA244EdgemontSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA316EdgemontSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA321EdgemontSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA395EdgemontSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA446EdgemontSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA447EdgemontSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA448EdgemontSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA542EdgemontSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA678EdgemontSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA679EdgemontSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA680EdgemontSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA682EdgemontSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA683EdgemontSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA686EdgemontSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA688EdgemontSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA690EdgemontSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA691EdgemontSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA767EdgemontSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA788EdgemontSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA806Hot SpringsSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA819EdgemontSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA86EdgemontSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA88EdgemontSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA89EdgemontSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA90Hot SpringsSite1993
Archeological Site No. 39FA99EdgemontSite1993
Bartlett-Myers BuildingEdgemontBuilding2006
Battle Mountain Sanitarium, National Home For Disabled Volunteer Soldiers NHLHot SpringsDistrict2011
Chilson BridgeEdgemontStructure1993
Colgan, Arthur and Ellen, HouseEdgemontBuilding2017
Flint Hill Aboriginal Quartzite QuarryEdgemontSite1978
Hot Springs High SchoolHot SpringsBuilding1980
Hot Springs Historic DistrictHot SpringsDistrict1974
Hot Springs Historic District (Boundary Decrease)Hot SpringsDistrict2018
Jensen, Governor Leslie, HouseHot SpringBuilding1987
Log Cabin Tourist CampHot SpringsDistrict2004
Lord's Ranch RockshelterEdgemontSite2005
Petty HouseHot SpringsBuilding1999
Site 39FA1303EdgemontSite2005
Site 39FA1639EdgemontSite2005
Site No. 39 FA 277City RestrictedSite1982
Site No. 39 FA 389City RestrictedSite1982
Site No. 39 FA 554City RestrictedSite1982
Site No. 39 FA 58City RestrictedSite1982
Site No. 39 FA 676City RestrictedSite1982
Site No. 39 FA 677City RestrictedSite1982
Site No. 39 FA 681City RestrictedSite1982
Site No. 39 FA 684City RestrictedSite1982
Site No. 39 FA 685City RestrictedSite1982
Site No. 39 FA 687City RestrictedSite1982
Site No. 39 FA 7City RestrictedSite1982
Site No. 39 FA 75City RestrictedSite1982
Site No. 39 FA 79City RestrictedSite1982
Site No. 39 FA 91City RestrictedSite1982
Site No. 39 FA 94City RestrictedSite1982
St. Martin's Catholic Church and GrottoOelrichsBuilding2005
State Soldiers Home BarnHot SpringsBuilding2009
Wesch, Phillip, HouseHot SpringsBuilding1984

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Fall River was formed in 1883 (1883-04-03) from Custer.

FALL RIVER created by Dakota Territory in present South Dakota from CUSTER.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Fall River County population from 1890 to 2020 (Census historical series).

11k7,1143,54118901920196020002020
189019001920194019501960198020002020
4,4783,5416,9858,08910,43910,6888,4397,4536,973

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

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
WICAPark unit39.6 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

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

Cemeteries — 16 of 16 listed
NameLatLon
Buffalo Gap Cemetery43.4747-103.31352
Duck Creek Cemetery43.07135-103.65651
Edgemont Cemetery43.31582-103.81552
Evergreen Cemetery43.44519-103.48506
Fairview Cemetery43.37475-103.32322
Highland Cemetery43.30497-103.58991
Hillcrest Cemetery43.03879-103.33696
Hillside Cemetery43.1808-103.25658
Hines Cemetery43.42306-103.27345
Horsehead Cemetery43.2708-103.34713
Hot Springs National Cemetery43.44025-103.47185
Minnekahta Valley Cemetery43.44068-103.61316
Reinke Cemetery43.28943-103.26776
Smithwick Cemetery43.2883-103.27352
State Veterans Home Cemetery43.4361-103.50068
W G Flats Cemetery43.41946-103.17923

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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