A history of Flandreau,
since 1902
Postcards, papers and photographs of Flandreau from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusFlandreau FLAN-droo is a city in and county seat of Moody County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 2,372 at the 2020 census. It was named in honor of Charles Eugene Flandrau, a judge in the territory and state of Minnesota. He is credited with saving the community of New Ulm, Minnesota, from destruction during conflict with the Sioux tribe in 1862. In 2015, the nearby federally recognized Flandreau Indian Reservation of Santee Sioux had planned to open the nation's first recreational marijuana lounge in a former bowling alley, close to its existing Royal River Casino and Hotel. Any tourists or non-tribal members using marijuana on tribal land risked state prosecution, so they…
Flandreau was established in 1902. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 2,341 people in 2010, 2,372 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1971.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Flandreau 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.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Flandreau’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old view1940 Census Enumeration District …, 1880: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Flandreau
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Flandreau, decade by decade
Commons1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - South Dakota - Mood…1880
Commons1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - South Dakota - Mood…1880
Commons1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - South Dakota - Mood…1880
CommonsBird's eye view of Flandreau, county seat of Moody Co., Dak…1883
CommonsFlandreau SD 188318831990s
6 historic places in Flandreau
6 places in Flandreau are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as 1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - South Dakota - Moody County - Flandreau - ED 51-9 (1880) and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.