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Yankton County, South Dakota

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78historic places

—earliest paper

1862formed

23,310pop. 2020

48cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 78 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974. Most listings are in or near Yankton, Volin, Mission Hill.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

64 of 78 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

78 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Aggergaard Manor	Irene	Building	2001
Banton, Dr. B. M., House	Yankton	Building	1987
Bishop Marty Rectory	Yankton	Building	1974
Brockmueller Barn	Volin	Building	1980
Bruce-Donaldson House	Yankton	Building	1982
Burns House	Yankton	Building	2001
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Depot	Yankton	Building	1982
DeJong House	Utica	Building	1980
Doyle, Harold A. (H. A.), House	Yankton	Building	1990
ES Volin Farmstead	Volin	Building	1980
Ellerman, Arthur C., House	Yankton	Building	1982
Excelsior Flour Mill	Yankton	Building	1976
Fantle, William J., House	Yankton	Building	1989
Gordon House	Irene	Building	1980
Gorsett Farmstead	Volin	Building	1980
Gunderson, Endre B., Farmstead	Yankton	Building	1980
Gurney, Charles, Hotel	Yankton	Building	1979
Gustad, Bernt, House	Volin	Building	1980
Henjna Farmstead	Yankton	Building	1980
Hoffman House	Yankton	Building	2007
House of Gurney Historic District	Yankton	District	2012
Hoxeng Farmstead	Volin	Building	1980
Human Services Center	Yankton	District	1980
Ingebrigtsen-Hinseth Farmstead	Irene	Building	1980
Jencks Farmstead	Yankton	Building	1980
Kietzman Farmstead	Yankton	Building	1980
Kremer House	Lesterville	Building	1980
Larson-Simonson House	Mission Hill	Building	1980
Lasek, Mathias, House	Lesterville	Building	1980
Machacek Homestead	Utica	Building	1980
Marindahl Post Office	Volin	Building	1980
Marindahl Township Hall	Volin	Building	1980
Martin's Evangelical Church	Utica	Building	1980
McGregor, Walker, Farmstead	Yankton	Building	1980
Merk, Nels, Farmstead	Yankton	Building	1980
Merkwan, Mathias, Rubblestone Barn	Tabor	Building	1987
Mueller Homestead	Utica	Building	1980
New Hope Farm Polygonal Barn	Mission Hill	Building	2004
New Hope Farm Swine Barn	Mission Hill	Building	2004
Ohlman-Shannon House	Yankton	Building	1976
Old Catholic Church	Yankton	Building	1980
Olson, Lewis, Log House	Mission Hill	Building	1980
Our Savior's Lutheran Church	Menno	Building	2001
Pechan, Frantisek, Log House	Tabor	Building	1987
Pennington, Governor John L., House	Yankton	Building	1988
Peterson, Mathias, Homestead	Mission Hill	Building	1980
Pine Street Bridge	Yankton	Structure	2000
Ripple House	Lesterville	Building	1980
Schaffer Farmstead	Yankton	Building	1980
Schnauber, Fred, House	Yankton	Building	1985
Scottish Rite Masonic Temple	Yankton	Building	2013
Simonson Farmstead	Mission Hill	Building	1980
Sloan, John, Homestead	Volin	Building	1980
Smith, Jessie, Farmstead	Volin	Building	1980
St. Agnes Church	Utica	Building	1980
Stribral Homestead and Farmstead	Tabor	Building	1980
Svatos, Frank, Rubblestone Barn	Tabor	Building	1987
Trierweiler, Dr. John, House	Yankton	Building	1980
United Church of Christ	Mission Hill	Building	1980
Utica Depot	Utica	Building	1980
Utica Fire and City Hall	Utica	Building	1980
Utica Public School	Utica	Building	1980
Van Osdel House	Mission Hill	Building	1980
Vangen Church	Mission Hill	Building	1980
Volin School	Volin	Building	1980
Volin Town Hall	Volin	Building	1980
Volin, Louis, House	Volin	Building	1980
Walloch Farmstead	Lesterville	Building	1980
Walshtown School	Yankton	Building	1980
Western Portland Cement Plant	Yankton	Site	1979
Yankton Carnegie Library	Yankton	Building	1979
Yankton College Conservatory	Yankton	Building	1975
Yankton College Historic District	Yankton	District	1982
Yankton High School Historic District	Yankton	District	2002
Yankton Historic Commercial District	Yankton	District	1982
Yankton Historic Commercial District (Boundary Decrease)	Yankton	District	2018
Yankton Historic District	Yankton	District	1975
Zion Lutheran Church	Volin	Building	1980

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Yankton was formed in 1862 (1862-04-10) from unknown / original county.

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

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1870	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,097	8,390	12,649	15,233	16,725	16,804	17,551	18,952	21,652	23,310

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

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

Cemeteries — 48 of 48 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Beadleston Cemetery	43.02488	-97.53779
Benedictine Convent Cemetery	42.87325	-97.41372
Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cemetery	43.12621	-97.43871
Braunsreuther Family Cemetery	43.06301	-97.47617
Cesko Narodni Hrbitov	42.9786	-97.55589
Civil Cemetery	43.01777	-97.59645
Danisi Cemetery	42.82221	-97.16088
Elim Cemetery	43.15075	-97.35809
Elm Grove Cemetery	42.89749	-97.60589
Garden of Memories Cemetery	42.90473	-97.39349
Gayville Community Cemetery	42.89519	-97.18007
Hillcrest Cemetery	43.0836	-97.16838
Hoffnung Cemetery	43.09021	-97.55832
Klasi Cemetery	43.02428	-97.51501
Lakeport Cemetery	42.91485	-97.58267
Martinus Cemetery	43.01193	-97.43005
Meldal Cemetery	43.16375	-97.24022
Mission Hill Congregational Cemetery	42.92484	-97.27973
Mueller Cemetery	43.04867	-97.51675
Nedved Cemetery	42.93027	-97.55533
Odessa Cemetery	43.09871	-97.59128
Ogstad Cemetery	43.15497	-97.2801
Old Bethlehem Cemetery	43.14059	-97.43876
Our Savior's East Cemetery	43.1476	-97.55615
Our Savior's West Cemetery	43.16387	-97.59478
Petersburg Cemetery	43.08304	-97.63645
Pioneer Cemetery	43.07582	-97.21227
Pleasant Hill Cemetery	43.07491	-97.40902
Polish Cemetery	42.99388	-97.59644
Reform Cemetery	43.09045	-97.62535
Rosenberg Cemetery	42.95014	-97.25982
Sacred Heart Cemetery	42.90077	-97.39411
Saint Columba Catholic Cemetery	43.09629	-97.32022
Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery	43.03869	-97.58339
Salem Cemetery	43.08327	-97.20841
Saron Reformed Cemetery	43.15381	-97.46865
Sigel Cemetery	43.03912	-97.42101
State Hospital Cemetery	42.90948	-97.40689
Trondhjem Cemetery	43.03303	-97.23447
Turkey Valley Baptist Cemetery	43.12595	-97.17975
Turkey Valley Lutheran Cemetery	43.12583	-97.18064
Vangen Church Cemetery	42.926	-97.26509
Volin Cemetery	42.96721	-97.17115
Voll Cemetery	43.05665	-97.37727
Walshtown Catholic Cemetery	43.01069	-97.32066
Walshtown Cemetery	43.0396	-97.30957
Yankton City Cemetery	42.89907	-97.39469
Zion Lutheran Cemetery	42.99645	-97.22416

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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