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Hughes County, South Dakota

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
45historic places
—earliest paper
1873formed
17,765pop. 2020
11cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 45 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Pierre, Macs Corner, Canning.

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 Hughes titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

25 of 45 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

45 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Archeological Site 39HU189Macs CornerSite1984
Archeological Site 39HU201PierreSite1984
Archeological Site 39HU66CanningSite1984
Arzberger Site NHLPierreSite1966
Blackburn, Dr. William and Elizabeth, HousePierreBuilding1997
Brink-Wagner HousePierreBuilding1978
Cedar Islands Archeological DistrictPierreDistrict1986
Central BlockPierreBuilding1989
Chicago and North Western Railroad BridgePierreStructure1998
Crawford-Pettyjohn HousePierreBuilding1977
Farr HousePierreBuilding1980
Fort George Creek Archeological DistrictPierreDistrict1986
Goddard, Celina and Albert, HousePierreBuilding2018
Goodner, I. W., HousePierreBuilding1995
Graham, Mentor, HouseBluntBuilding1976
Hansen, Peter, HousePierreBuilding1999
Harrold SchoolHarroldBuilding2003
Hilger BlockPierreBuilding2006
Hipple, John E. and Ruth, HousePierreBuilding2001
Horner-Hyde HousePierreBuilding1988
Hughes County CourthousePierreBuilding1993
Hyde BuildingsPierreBuilding1983
Karcher BlockPierreBuilding1993
Karcher-Sahr HousePierreBuilding1977
McClure Site (39HU7)PierreSite1986
McDonald, Henry M., HousePierreBuilding1989
McMillen, George, HousePierreBuilding1983
Meade, Judge C. D., HousePierreBuilding1977
Medicine Creek Archeological DistrictLower BruleDistrict1986
Methodist Episcopal ChurchPierreBuilding1997
Oahe Addition Historic DistrictPierreDistrict2000
Oahe ChapelPierreBuilding1980
Old Fort Sully Site (39HU52)PierreSite1986
Pierre American Legion CabinPierreBuilding2019
Pierre Hill Residential Historic DistrictPierreDistrict1998
Pierre Masonic LodgePierreBuilding2009
Pringle HousePierreBuilding2012
Rowe HousePierreBuilding2001
Scurr, Kenneth R., HousePierreBuilding1993
Soldiers & Sailors World War MemorialPierreBuilding1983
South Dakota State CapitolPierreBuilding1976
South Dakota State Capitol Complex (Boundary Decrease and Additional Documentation)PierreDistrict
St. Charles HotelPierreBuilding1980
Stephens-Lucas HousePierreBuilding1977
Upper Pierre Street Commercial Historic District Boundary IncreasePierreDistrict2000

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

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

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

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

18k9,016268188019201950196020002020
188019001920194019501960198020002020
2683,6845,7116,6248,11112,72514,22016,48117,765

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

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

Cemeteries — 11 of 11 listed
NameLatLon
Blunt Cemetery44.51359-100.01595
Calvary Cemetery44.4197-100.35624
Canning Cemetery44.39866-100.02781
Chapelle Cemetery44.30258-99.86547
Fighting Stallions Memorial44.36598-100.34478
Lone Grave Cemetery (historical)44.45554-100.52181
Medicine Hill Cemetery44.51164-99.74566
Riverside Cemetery44.36081-100.30762
Saint Catherine's Cemetery44.20911-99.78657
Saint John Cemetery44.51275-99.734
Saint Peter and Paul Catholic Church Cemetery44.37073-100.34827

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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