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Faulk County, South Dakota

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10historic places

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1873formed

2,125pop. 2020

18cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 10 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973. Most listings are in or near Faulkton, Rockham, Zell.

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 Faulk titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

9 of 10 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

10 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Byrne, Gov. Frank M., House	Faulkton	Building	1992
Edgerton, Dr. William, House	Faulkton	Building	2010
Faulk County Courthouse	Faulkton	Building	1993
Faulkton American Legion Hall	Faulkton	Building	2005
Parker, C.W., Carousel No. 825	Faulkton	Structure	2017
Pickler, Maj. John A., Homestead	Faulkton	Building	1973
Sievers School	Rockham	Building	2014
South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 25-218-141	Faulkton	Structure	1993
South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 25-380-142	Zell	Structure	1993
Turner, Frank and Clara, House	Faulkton	Building	1986

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Faulk was formed in 1873 (1873-01-08) from Buffalo.

FAULK created by Dakota Territory in present South Dakota from BUFFALO.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
4	3,547	6,442	5,168	4,752	4,397	3,327	2,640	2,125

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

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

Cemeteries — 18 of 18 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Bass Cemetery	45.02802	-99.31899
Cresbard Cemetery	45.17941	-98.94121
Devoe Cemetery	45.09274	-98.86898
Faulkton Cemetery	45.00691	-99.1226
Hope Cemetery	45.12969	-98.9401
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery	45.18747	-99.07316
Millard Cemetery	45.15024	-99.20538
Miranda Cemetery	44.98363	-98.96155
Myron Cemetery	45.18648	-99.06299
Oakland Cemetery	45.0708	-99.49205
Rockham Cemetery	44.91191	-98.83787
Saint Boniface Cemetery	45.05108	-99.51149
Saint Jacobs Cemetery	45.23108	-99.53372
Saint John the Baptist Onaka Cemetery	45.19504	-99.47035
Saint Josephs Cemetery	44.90197	-99.09317
Saint Thomas Catholic Cemetery	45.00765	-99.12362
Scatterwood Lakeside Cemetery	45.23059	-98.74037
United Cemetery	45.23052	-98.83426

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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