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History · Little Eagle

Little Eagle’s post office opened in 1901

Most of Little Eagle was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1982.

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When was Little Eagle founded?

1901

The Little Eagle post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 367125 years
Founding year: the first Little Eagle post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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Little Eagle, in brief

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

Little Eagle (Lakota: Waŋblí Čik’ala) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Corson County, South Dakota, United States. As of the 2020 census, Little Eagle had a population of 367. The community has the name of a Native American chieftain.

Its first post office opened in 1901. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 319 to 367 (+15%).

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

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Little Eagle, decade by decade

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Old burying grounds

Little Eagle’s post office has been open since 1901.

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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Little Eagle’s history

What year was Little Eagle founded?

The Little Eagle post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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), 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.