The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusChaudoin Township is a township in Perkins County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Its population was 18 as of the 2010 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 18 to 20 (+11%).
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Chaudoin 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 Chaudoin’s history is told.
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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 Chaudoin is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Chaudoin has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Thomas J. Veal Ranch in Chance, 12.2 miles away.
Chaudoin 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 Chaudoin?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Chaudoin’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