The story so far
from the U.S. CensusBetween the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 165 to 174 (+5%). Half of its homes were built before 1979.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Germantown yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Germantown’s history is told.
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Germantown, 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
1 historic place in Germantown
1 place in Germantown is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
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In South Dakotaby listings · most towns there have none
1place listed1 building
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
1historic building protectedcounting each building in a district
2003first listedBeskow Barn
Where they are
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Buildings
When they were listed
The Register began in 1966.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.