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History · Wasta Township

100% of Wasta Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the South Dakota Department of Transportation Bridge No. 52-824-300, the Wasta Rest Stop Tipi-Eastbound and the Wasta Rest Stop Tipi-Westbound.

3on the National Register
100%homes built before 1940
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On the National Register

3 historic places in Wasta Township

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

places listed
3
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts
first listed
1999
South Dakota Department of Transportation Bridg…
South Dakota Department of Transportation Bridge No. 52-824-300, built 1940Wasta Rest Stop Tipi-Eastbound, built 1968Wasta Rest Stop Tipi-Westbound, built 1968
StructuresObjects

Architectural styles listings

Warren deck truss1
South Dakota Department of Transportation Bridge No. 52-824-300Warren deck truss · Built 1940
Wasta Rest Stop Tipi-EastboundBuilt 1968
Wasta Rest Stop Tipi-WestboundBuilt 1968

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

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

Gone or out of use
Dakota City Post Officepost office

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.

Crooked Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townShyne TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOwanka TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLake Flat TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Wasta Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Wasta Township?

Three places: the South Dakota Department of Transportation Bridge No. 52-824-300 (listed 1999), the Wasta Rest Stop Tipi-Eastbound (2015) and the Wasta Rest Stop Tipi-Westbound (2015).

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 the National Register of Historic Places (3), 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.