Glenham’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Glenham. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusGlenham is a town in Walworth County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 112 at the 2020 census. Glenham was laid out in 1900, and named for a glen near the town site.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 105 to 112 (+7%). Half of its homes were built before 1938.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Glenham 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 belowStart Glenham’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Glenham’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewGlenham, South Dakota, 1942: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Glenham
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Glenham, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Glenham is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Glenham has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Molstad Lake Park in Glenham, 2.5 miles away.
Glenham and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Glenham, South Dakota (1942) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.