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History · La Plant

La Plant dates to 1910

Most of La Plant was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1983. Below: maps from 1951 on.

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How La Plant began

When was La Plant founded?

1910

La Plant dates its founding to 1910 (Wikipedia’s history). Its post office opened in 1911.

2020 census: 167116 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1911.

What stands out about La Plant’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

La Plant, in brief

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

La Plant is a census-designated place (CDP) in Dewey County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 167 at the 2020 census. It is within the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation. La Plant was laid out in 1910, and named in honor of a local cattleman.

La Plant was established in 1910. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 171 to 167 (-2%).

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

Timeline

La Plant, 1910 to 1984

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1910
    FoundingLa Plant is established
  3. 1911Post officeThe Laplant post office opens
  4. 1951On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1984Post officeThe Laplant post office closes
By decade

La Plant, decade by decade

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On the map

La Plant on the map, 1951 to 1985

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

La Plant on the 1951 USGS mapLa Plant on the 1985 USGS map1951La Plant 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 La Plant.

Famous people

Famous people close to La Plant

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

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Steven BieglerAmerican prelate · b. 1959
George S. MickelsonAmerican politician · b. 1941
Hazel ForbesAmerican actress and dancer · b. 1910
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Michel MulloyUS minister and Roman Catholic bishop of Duluth · b. 1953
Tucker KraftAmerican football player · b. 2000
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Earl Rose(1926-2012), Dallas County, Texas medical exami… · b. 1926
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

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

3cemeteries and burying grounds inside La Plant
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about La Plant’s history

What year was La Plant founded?

In 1910, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. La Plant’s post office opened in 1911.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (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.