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History · Conde

Conde’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Conde. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

4old images & papers
0recent photos
From Conde’s archive · credits on each photo

The story

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Conde was platted in 1886. It was named after the Princes of Condé of France. A post office called Conde has been in operation since 1892.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

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1910s4 items · Conde High SchoolLOC
1920–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Conde’s history is told.

1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewConde High School, 1911: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Famous people close to Conde

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Vanessa PlaceVanessa PlaceStratford · 15 miLaVerne G. SaundersLaVerne G. SaundersStratford · 15 mi
By decade

Conde, decade by decade

1910s4 items
Conde High SchoolLOCConde High School1911Conde High SchoolLOCConde High School1913Conde High SchoolLOCConde High School1913Hotel GibbonsLOCHotel Gibbons1913
1920s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Conde is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Conde has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Conde Municipal Building in Conde, 3.9 miles away.

Conde and the nearest listed places

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Conde Municipal BuildingMarkham FarmsteadSouth Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 07-304-414First Congregational ChurchTurton JailSouth Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 07-220-454

Closest to Conde

Conde Municipal BuildingConde · Building3.9miMarkham FarmsteadBeotia · District8.1miSouth Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 07-304-414East Hanson · Structure10.1miFirst Congregational ChurchTurton · Building10.5miTurton JailTurton · Building10.7mi

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. Conde Municipal Building’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Conde?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Conde’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

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Conde High School (1911) and it appears here side by side.

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Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Conde📜 Verdon📜 Oak Gulch📜 Beotia

From the Library of Congress (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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