The story so far
from the U.S. CensusBetween the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 11 to 12 (+9%).
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Glendale yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items below1892Hand County, South Dakota (1892)Commons
1900–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Glendale’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+10By decade
Glendale, decade by decade
1890s1 item
1900s–
1990s
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.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Glendale is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Glendale has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Duncan Church in Mondamin, 11.5 miles away.
Glendale and the nearest listed places
Dashed line = Glendale. Tap a dot.
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. Duncan Church’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Glendale?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Glendale’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
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 (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.