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History · Englewood Township

The history of Englewood Township

Below: maps from 1984 on.

0on the National Register
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What stands out about Englewood Township’s past

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The story so far

Englewood Township, in brief

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

Englewood Township is a township in Perkins County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, it contains 16 people and 9 households.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 24 to 16 (-33%).

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

Timeline

Englewood Township, 1931 to 1984

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1931Post officeThe Usta post office opens
  3. 1942Post officeThe Usta post office closes
  4. 1984On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Englewood Township on the map in 1984

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Englewood Township.

Englewood Township on the 1984 USGS map1984Faith 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 Englewood Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Englewood Township

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

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Bob LeachAmerican journalist · b. 1914
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Jana HuntAmerican politician
Carveth ThompsonAmerican politician in South Dakota · b. 1932
Cole ElshereAmerican rodeo cowboy · b. 1989
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Usta

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.

Foster Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMoreau 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, 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.