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Lyman County, South Dakota

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8historic places

—earliest paper

1873formed

3,718pop. 2020

23cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 8 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Lower Brule, Oacoma, Presho.

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 Lyman titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

2 of 8 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

8 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Burnt Prairie Site (39LM207)	Lower Brule	Site	1986
Dinehart Village Archeological Site	Oacoma	Site	2003
Fort Lookout IV	Oacoma	Site	1990
Iron Nation's Gravesite	Lower Brule	Site	2014
Jiggs Thompson Site (39LM208)	Lower Brule	Site	1986
King Archeological Site	Oacoma	Site	2003
Langdeau Site NHL	Lower Brule	Site	1966
Vernon, Edgar, House	Presho	Building	1978

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Lyman was formed in 1873 (1873-01-08) from Gregory.

LYMAN created by Dakota Territory in present South Dakota from GREGORY and Non-County Area 1.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
124	2,632	6,591	5,045	4,572	4,428	3,864	3,895	3,718

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

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

Cemeteries — 23 of 23 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Earling Cemetery	43.92028	-99.91518
Hillsdale Cemetery	43.90559	-99.84321
Hilmoe Cemetery	43.75147	-100.18003
Holy Angels Cemetery	43.89126	-100.06527
Holy Comforter Cemetery	44.07814	-99.58347
Holy Faith Cemetery	44.13562	-99.98835
Huffunugs Cemetery	43.82535	-99.68337
Iona Cemetery	43.56114	-99.40559
Kennebec Cemetery	43.90471	-99.84316
Medicine Creek Cemetery	43.90561	-100.09572
Messiah Episcopal Cemetery	44.1011	-99.7378
Moeller Cemetery	43.82504	-99.40768
Oacoma Cemetery	43.8044	-99.39421
Prairie View Cemetery	43.78915	-99.90372
Presho Cemetery	43.91126	-100.0641
Reliance Cemetery	43.89133	-99.60489
Saint Albans Church Cemetery	43.95001	-99.3834
Saint Columba Catholic Cemetery	43.54345	-99.42306
Saint Mary's Cemetery	43.89304	-99.6051
Saint Mary's Cemetery	44.07728	-99.58224
Saint Michael's Cemetery	43.90565	-99.84412
Trinity - Old Lutheran Cemetery	43.85145	-99.68604
Vivian Cemetery	43.92331	-100.26568

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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