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History · Monango

Monango’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Monango. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

1886established
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The story

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There was a $3000 (equivalent to $85,555 in 2024) church built in Keystone about 1883 during the construction of the railroad, which was used there as long as the town lasted and then it was moved to Monango, which was also a railroad town.

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Monango, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today9 photos
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Monango is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Monango has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Carroll House Hotel in Fullerton, 8.1 miles away.

Monango and the nearest listed places

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Carroll House HotelDickey County CourthouseEllendale Opera House BlockSouth Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 58-120-231La Moure County CourthouseSouth Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 58-140-224

Closest to Monango

Carroll House HotelFullerton · Building8.1miDickey County CourthouseEllendale · Building12.2miEllendale Opera House BlockEllendale · Building12.3miSouth Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 58-120-231Osceola · Built 190416.2miLa Moure County CourthouseLaMoure · Building19.5mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Carroll House Hotel’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Monango?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Monango’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

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📜 Keystone📜 Hamburg📜 Valley📜 Potsdam

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