The story so far
from the U.S. CensusBetween the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 17 to 26 (+53%).
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Florence yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Florence’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Florence’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewHand County, South Dakota (1892), 1892: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Florence
See all 1 →Florence, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Florence is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Florence has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Hand County Courthouse and Jail in Miller, 11.3 miles away.
Florence and the nearest listed places
Closest to Florence
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Hand County, South Dakota (1892) (1892) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.