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History · Sheridan Township

13% of Sheridan Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Emminger, Corson, Round Barn. Below: maps from 1969 on.

1on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Sheridan Township’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

How Sheridan Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Sheridan Township.

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Sheridan began as a gold mining camp in the Black Hills, was laid out in the spring of 1875, and was originally called Golden City. It is the third-oldest camp in the Black Hills. There were several mines in the area, including: the Queen Bee, J.R., Blue Lead and Calumet. One of the first rich placers was found there in 1875. That October, $3,000 worth of gold was taken out by placer miners. By February 1876, Golden City had several residents, four stores, and many houses. A stage line connecting Deadwood to Denver ran through the town, leading to more growth. In 1877, the town was renamed in honor of Philip Sheridan. It became the temporary county seat of Pennington County; the courthouse was built by the citizens in late 1877 and that October, held the first term of the U.S. Circuit Court west of the Missouri River.

ChaptersFounding and growthDecline and abandonment

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Sheridan Township, 1884 to 1969

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1884Post officeThe Appleby post office opens
  3. 1897Post officeThe Appleby post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1969On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Sheridan Township on the map, 1969 to 1985

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

Sheridan Township on the 1969 USGS mapSheridan Township on the 1985 USGS map1969Watertown SE 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 Sheridan Township.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Sheridan Township

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

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historic buildings protected
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first listed
1978
Emminger, Corson, Round Barn
Emminger, Corson, Round Barn
Buildings
Emminger, Corson, Round BarnBuilding

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Sheridan Township

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

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Kristi NoemAmerican politician · b. 1971
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Patrick Spencer JohnsonAmerican writer · b. 1938
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Dennis KoslowskiOlympic wrestler · b. 1959
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Monte CookAmerican writer and game designer · b. 1968
Lee RaymondAmerican businessman · b. 1938
John HamreAmerican academic · b. 1950
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Appleby

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.

Watertown28 historic placesB+Kranzburg Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCastlewood TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPelican TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townElmira Township3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Sheridan Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Sheridan Township?

One place: the Emminger, Corson, Round Barn (listed 1978).

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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 (1), Wikipedia, 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.