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History · Florence Township

16% of Florence Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 29-221-060. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1969 on, and the census since 1910.

1on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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What stands out about Florence 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.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Florence Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewHand County, South Dakota (1892): stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Florence Township, in brief

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

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 146 to 168 (+15%).

By decade

Florence 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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Today1 recent
SDMap-doton-Florence2004SDMap-doton-Florence
On the map

Florence Township on the map, 1969 to 1985

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

Florence Township on the 1969 USGS mapFlorence Township on the 1985 USGS map1969Castlewood 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 Florence Township.

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 Florence Township’s page.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Florence Township

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1993
South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No.…
South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 29-221-060
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Hybrid of Pratt and Warren trusses1
All 1 listings
South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 29-221-060Structure · listed 1993

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

People over time

Florence Township, census by census

0100200300400192019401960198020002020Peak: 374

Between 175 and 374 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Hayti TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCastlewood TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCastlewood1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEstelline Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDempster TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNorden TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Florence Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Florence Township?

One place: the South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 29-221-060 (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 (2), the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.