The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusAda (ZIP code 57644) is a rural township in Perkins County, South Dakota, with a population of 557.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 15 to 12 (-20%).
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Ada yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ada’s history is told.
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Ada, decade by decade
Before
2000
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.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Ada is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Ada has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Thomas J. Veal Ranch in Chance, 7.2 miles away.
Ada and the nearest listed places
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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. Thomas J. Veal Ranch’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Ada?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Ada’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational 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.