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History · East Hanson Township

27% of East Hanson Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 07-304-414. Below: maps from 1895 on.

1on the National Register
27%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about East Hanson 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 East Hanson Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18953 editions of the USGS map, 1895 to 1985. Watch East Hanson Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how East Hanson Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

East Hanson Township on the map, 1895 to 1985

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

East Hanson Township on the 1895 USGS mapEast Hanson Township on the 1954 USGS mapEast Hanson Township on the 1985 USGS map1895Aberdeen 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 East Hanson Township.

The story so far

East Hanson Township, in brief

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

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 116 in 2010, 118 in 2020.

Timeline

East Hanson Township, 1887 to 1984

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1887Post officeThe Ferney post office opens
  3. 1895On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1984Post officeThe Ferney 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 National Register

1 historic place in East Hanson Township

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

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
2000
South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No.…
South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 07-304-414
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Concrete culvert1
All 1 listings
South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 07-304-414Structure · listed 2000

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Ferney
Gone or out of use
Ferney Post Officepost office

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.

West Hanson Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFerney1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBates TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGroton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAndover TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about East Hanson Township’s history

What is on the National Register in East Hanson Township?

One place: the South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 07-304-414 (listed 2000).

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 the National Register of Historic Places (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.