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History · Burdette Township

Burdette Township’s post office opened in 1883

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1899 on.

1883first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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How Burdette Township began

When was Burdette Township founded?

1883

The Burdette Township post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Burdette (1883), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 45143 years
Founding year: the first Burdette Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Burdette 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 writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18993 editions of the USGS map, 1899 to 1985. Watch Burdette Township change.
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Start Burdette Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Burdette Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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On the map

Burdette Township on the map, 1899 to 1985

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

Burdette Township on the 1899 USGS mapBurdette Township on the 1966 USGS mapBurdette Township on the 1985 USGS map1899Redfield sheet · 1:125,000

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

The story so far

Burdette Township, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1883. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 54 to 45 (-17%).

Timeline

Burdette Township, 1883 to 1920

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1883Post officeThe Burdette post office opens
  3. 1892In the archiveHand County, South Dakota (1892)
  4. 1899On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 20th century
  6. 1920Post officeThe Burdette post office closes
By decade

Burdette Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1890s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1890s1 item
Hand County, South Dakota (1892)1892Hand County, South Dakota (1892)
1900s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Hand County, South Dakota (1892)
Retake this viewHand County, South Dakota (1892), 1892

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Burdette Township’s page.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Another post office, Burdette, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Burdette
1cemetery inside Burdette Township
Burdette

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). 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.

Wheaton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHolden TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBuffalo Township3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGilbert TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Burdette Township’s history

What year was Burdette Township founded?

The Burdette Township post office opened in 1883, 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 Wikimedia Commons (1), 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.