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History · Dupree

Dupree’s post office opened in 1910, and 18% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Ziebach County Courthouse. Below: maps from 1986 on and the census since 1920.

1910first post office
1on the National Register
18%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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How Dupree began

When was Dupree founded?

1910

The Dupree post office opened in 1910, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 213 in 19202020 census: 494116 years
Founding year: the first Dupree post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Dupree’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 Dupree are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dupree’s history is told.

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The story

How Dupree came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Dupree.

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Dupree got its start in 1910, following construction of the Milwaukee Railroad through the territory. The city derives its name from Fred Dupris, a pioneer settler.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Dupree, 1910 to 1986

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1910Post officeThe Dupree post office opens
  3. 1914Born hereBob Leach is born here
  4. 1986On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Dupree, decade by decade

Today5 recent
1917 Main St Dupree SD 0000820231917 Main St Dupree SD 000081917 Dupree SD 0001820231917 Dupree SD 00018Dupree Grazing School Aug 5-6, 20152015Dupree Grazing School Aug 5-6, 2015Ziebach County Courthouse2013Ziebach County CourthouseSDMap-doton-Dupree2004SDMap-doton-Dupree
On the map

Dupree on the map in 1986

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Dupree.

Dupree on the 1986 USGS map1986Timber Lake sheet · 1:100,000

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

On the National Register

1 historic place in Dupree

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1993
Ziebach County Courthouse
Ziebach County Courthouse
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Classical Revival1
Ziebach County CourthouseClassical Revival

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Dupree, census by census

0100200300400500600192019401960198020002020Peak: 562

Between 213 and 562 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Dupree’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Dupree

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Bob LeachAmerican journalist · b. 1914
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Jana HuntAmerican politician

Questions about Dupree’s history

What year was Dupree founded?

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

What is on the National Register in Dupree?

One place: the Ziebach County Courthouse (listed 1993).

Memory lane

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

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Sources

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 (5), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.