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History · Adams Township

Half of Adams Township’s homes were built after 1997

Most of Adams Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1997. Below: maps from 1973 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Adams Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Adams Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Adams Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Adams Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Adams Township is a township in Grant County, South Dakota, United States.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 150 in 2010, 150 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Adams Township on the map, 1973 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Adams Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Adams Township on the 1973 USGS mapAdams Township on the 1985 USGS map1973Revillo sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Adams Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Adams Township

Nobody well known was born in Adams Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Jack MandersAmerican football player · b. 1909
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Mary A. McClureAmerican politician in South Dakota · b. 1939
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Alvin C. StrutzAmerican judge · b. 1903
Phil SaundersAmerican lawyer · b. 1920
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Eddie KienholzAmerican football, basketball, and baseball coa… · b. 1889
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James R. PetersonAmerican politician · b. 1943
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Tribitt AirportairportWallace Jewett Airstripairport
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Adams Township
AlbeeRecabothRevilloSaint Mary's

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Antelope Valley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townVernon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLowe Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGeorgia TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.