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History · Pollock

Pollock’s post office opened in 1901, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Pollock Depot. Below: maps from 1965 on and the census since 1910.

1901first post office
1on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
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How Pollock began

When was Pollock founded?

1901

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

First census: 304 in 19102020 census: 224125 years
Founding year: the first Pollock post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Pollock’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Pollock are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 527 in 1940; 224 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Pollock’s homes were built before 1955.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pollock’s history is told.

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People over time

Pollock, census by census

0100200300400500192019401960198020002020Peak: 527

Peaked at 527 in 1940; 224 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

The story

How Pollock came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Pollock.

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Pollock was laid out in 1901 in anticipation of the arrival of a branch of the Soo Line, and named in honor of a first settler with the last name Pollock. The Pollock Depot, a wood-frame former railroad station, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

As the roads in the county improved, there was more freight and passenger transportation by truck and automobile. Lower demand for rail freight led to the branch line being partially abandoned.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Pollock, 1901 to 1965

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1901BuiltPollock Depot is built
  3. 1901Post officeThe Pollock post office opens
  4. 1940CensusPopulation peaks at 527
  5. 1965On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Pollock, decade by decade

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Pollock station2022Pollock stationSDMap-doton-Pollock2004SDMap-doton-Pollock
On the map

Pollock on the map, 1965 to 1985

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

Pollock on the 1965 USGS mapPollock on the 1985 USGS map1965Pollock 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 Pollock.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Pollock

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

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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1996
Pollock Depot
Pollock Depot, built 1901
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Commercial Style1
Pollock DepotCommercial Style · Built 1901

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

Questions about Pollock’s history

What year was Pollock founded?

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

What is on the National Register in Pollock?

One place: the Pollock Depot (listed 1996).

Memory lane

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 Wikimedia Commons (2), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.