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Lincoln County, South Dakota

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
27historic places
—earliest paper
1862formed
65,161pop. 2020
32cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 27 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1984. Most listings are in or near Canton, Beresford, Hudson.

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 Lincoln titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

10 of 27 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

27 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Anderson, Dr. Andrew, HouseCantonBuilding2003
Bergstrom, Magnus O., HouseCantonBuilding1994
Brooklyn School District #42BeresfordBuilding2004
Byrnes HouseCantonBuilding2009
Canton Asylum for American Indians CemeteryCantonSite1998
Canton Carnegie LibraryCantonBuilding2016
Canton Lutheran ChurchCantonBuilding2002
Dickens Round BarnWorthingBuilding2019
Elster, Anthon W., HouseCantonBuilding2010
Gale BuildingsCantonBuilding2019
Grand Valley Schoolhouse, District No. 12CantonBuilding1997
Hansen-Hagedorn BarnTeaBuilding2013
Harney HospitalLennoxBuilding1984
Hudson Boy Scout CabinHudsonBuilding2009
Isakson, John, HouseCantonBuilding1984
Kennedy, C.B., MansionCantonBuilding2001
Norway Center StoreHudsonBuilding2003
Old Main, Augustana AcademyCantonBuilding1985
Penmarch PlaceSioux FallsBuilding1987
Rudolph-Parke HouseCantonBuilding2001
Schmid, Mathias, FarmBeresfordDistrict2004
Skartvedt HouseCantonBuilding2000
South Dakota Dept of Trans. Bridge No. 42-200-125CantonStructure2002
Taylor, J.W., HouseCantonBuilding2000
Tuntland, Peder and Helga, FarmsteadBeresfordBuilding1994
Ulrickson BarnHudsonBuilding2005
Wendt, Dr. Cyrus L. and Edna J., HouseCantonBuilding2025

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Lincoln was formed in 1862 (1862-04-05) from unknown / original county.

LINCOLN created by Dakota Territory in present South Dakota from non-county area.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Lincoln County population from 1870 to 2020 (Census historical series).

65k33k7121870188019201950196020002020
1870188019001920194019501960198020002020
7125,89612,16113,89313,17112,76712,37113,94224,13165,161

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

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

Cemeteries — 32 of 32 listed
NameLatLon
Beaver Creek Lutheran Cemetery43.35937-96.68841
Bethany Cemetery43.21435-96.50572
Bethesda Cemetery43.08984-96.75377
Bonine Cemetery43.10499-96.82603
Brooklyn Cemetery43.09857-96.82094
Canton Cemetery43.33035-96.55871
Delaware Reformed Cemetery43.25711-96.88863
Eden Cemetery43.13427-96.46948
Fairview Cemetery43.19274-96.48958
Faith LaValley Cemetery43.3747-96.78729
Forest Hill Cemetery43.29465-96.63114
Grand Valley Lutheran Cemetery43.25377-96.6292
Hiawatha Asylum Cemetery43.30404-96.55169
Lands Lutheran Cemetery43.15545-96.60946
Larsen Cemetery43.08544-96.79259
Lennox Cemetery43.34192-96.90462
Mount Olivet Cemetery43.3516-96.85601
Mount Zion Cemetery43.17174-96.91093
Nathanael Cemetery43.09707-96.58912
Nazareth Cemetery43.14922-96.76688
North Trinity Cemetery43.15652-96.56825
Pioneer Cemetery43.18487-96.7761
Pleasant View Cemetery43.42481-96.70696
Romsdal Cemetery43.15689-96.66848
Saint Edwards Cemetery43.32999-96.78654
Skrefsrud Lutheran Church Cemetery43.15673-96.82129
Springdale Cemetery43.47467-96.59433
Tea Cemetery43.423-96.80596
Trinity Lutheran Cemetery South43.15298-96.56968
Tuntland Cemetery43.171-96.68699
West Prairie Lutheran Cemetery43.30188-96.84912
Worthing Cemetery43.32346-96.76609

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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