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History · Whitehorse

Whitehorse’s post office opened in 1905

Most of Whitehorse was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978.

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When was Whitehorse founded?

1905

The Whitehorse post office opened in 1905, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 106121 years
Founding year: the first Whitehorse post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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Whitehorse, in brief

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

Whitehorse is a census-designated place (CDP) in Dewey County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 106 at the 2020 census. The community has the name of Native American chieftain and winter count keeper Martin White Horse. The town of White Horse was the site of the first translation of White Horse's winter count from Lakota to English. The winter count dated as far back as 1789 and a copy is on permanent display in nearby Timber Lake.

Its first post office opened in 1905. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 141 to 106 (-25%).

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

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Whitehorse, decade by decade

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Famous people

Famous people close to Whitehorse

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Steven BieglerAmerican prelate · b. 1959
George S. MickelsonAmerican politician · b. 1941
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Earl Rose(1926-2012), Dallas County, Texas medical exami… · b. 1926
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Michel MulloyUS minister and Roman Catholic bishop of Duluth · b. 1953
Tucker KraftAmerican football player · b. 2000
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James Edward ZimmermanAmerican engineer · b. 1923

Questions about Whitehorse’s history

What year was Whitehorse founded?

The Whitehorse post office opened in 1905, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (1), 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.