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History · Germantown Township

56% of Germantown Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the South Dakota Department of Transportation Bridge No. 63-160-056 and the Germantown Township Bridge S-29.

2on the National Register
56%homes built before 1940
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On the National Register

2 historic places in Germantown Township

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1999
South Dakota Department of Transportation Bridg…
South Dakota Department of Transportation Bridge No. 63-160-056Germantown Township Bridge S-29, built 1942
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Pratt through truss1
Stone Arch1
All 2 listings
South Dakota Department of Transportation Bridge No. 63-160-056Structure · listed 1999Germantown Township Bridge S-29Structure · 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 and burying grounds

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

2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Germantown Township
Chancellor BaptistGermantown Presbyterian Church

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.

Parker Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPerry TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHome Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMiddleton Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Germantown Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Germantown Township?

Two places: the South Dakota Department of Transportation Bridge No. 63-160-056 (listed 1999) and the Germantown Township Bridge S-29 (2000).

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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 (2), 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.