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History · Argentine Township

Argentine Township’s post office opened in 1910, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1950 on.

1910first post office
0on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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How Argentine Township began

When was Argentine Township founded?

1910

The Argentine Township post office opened in 1910, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Argentine (1910) and Burdock (1919), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 20116 years
Founding year: the first Argentine Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Argentine 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 Argentine Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Argentine Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Argentine Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Argentine
1910–1914
Burdock
1919–1967
19101970today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Burdock

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Argentine Township, in brief

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

Argentine Township is one of the three townships in Fall River County, South Dakota, United States. The majority of the county consists of unorganized territory. Argentine township is located in the northwestern corner of the county, on the Wyoming border. Burdock lies in the center of the township.

Its first post office opened in 1910. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 25 to 20 (-20%).

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

Timeline

Argentine Township, 1910 to 1967

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1910Post officeThe Argentine post office opens
  3. 1914Post officeThe Argentine post office closes
  4. 1919Post officeThe Burdock post office opens
  5. 1950On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1967Post officeThe Burdock post office closes
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

Argentine Township on the map, 1950 to 1985

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

Argentine Township on the 1950 USGS mapArgentine Township on the 1985 USGS map1950Burdock 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 Argentine Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Argentine Township

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

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Edwin Keith ThomsonAmerican politician · b. 1919
Leslie JensenAmerican politician · b. 1892
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Dan DrydenAmerican politician · b. 1944
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Earl ChristensenAmerican rancher and politician · b. 1919
Gary BonerAmerican football player · b. 1940
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Bob TannerAmerican politician · b. 1930

Questions about Argentine Township’s history

What year was Argentine Township founded?

The Argentine Township post office opened in 1910, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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.