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History · Spring Creek

Half of Spring Creek’s homes were built after 1990

Most of Spring Creek was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1990. Below: maps from 1969 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Spring Creek’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 Spring Creek are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Spring Creek, in brief

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

Spring Creek is a census-designated place (CDP) in Todd County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 236 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 268 to 236 (-12%).

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

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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings 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

Spring Creek on the map, 1969 to 1983

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

Spring Creek on the 1969 USGS mapSpring Creek on the 1983 USGS map1969Spring Creek 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 Spring Creek.

Famous people

Famous people close to Spring Creek

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

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Mary Brave BirdLakota author and indigenous rights activist · b. 1954
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Tedd GassmanAmerican politician · b. 1943
Tad LucasAmerican trick rider · b. 1902
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Nellie Star Boy MenardSicangu Lakota [Rosebud Sioux] quiltmaker · b. 1910

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.