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History · Sisseton Township

38% of Sisseton Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 6 old photos and papers, maps from 1958 on, and the census since 1900.

0on the National Register
38%homes built before 1940
6old photos & papers
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From Sisseton Township’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Sisseton Township’s past

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

Old housesHalf of Sisseton Township’s homes were built before 1946.
★ What stands out · The story so far

Sisseton Township, in brief

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

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 67 to 90 (+34%).

By decade

Sisseton Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s6 items
Sisseton, S. Dak1909Sisseton, S. DakSisseton, S. Dak1909Sisseton, S. DakTen elevators1909Ten elevatorsPublic School1909Public SchoolBusiness Street1909Business StreetDepot and elevators1909Depot and elevators
1910s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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On the map

Sisseton Township on the map in 1958

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Sisseton Township.

Sisseton Township on the 1958 USGS map1958Hickman Lake 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 Sisseton Township.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Sisseton, S. Dak
Retake this viewSisseton, S. Dak, 1909

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Sisseton Township’s page.

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People over time

Sisseton Township, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 3,218

Between 928 and 3,218 people in every census since 1900.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

Help out

Finish Sisseton Township’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Fort Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWaverly TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townIndependence TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHickman TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLiberty TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Sisseton Township’s history

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Sources

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 Library of Congress (6), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.