The story so far
from the U.S. CensusBetween the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 624 to 669 (+7%). Half of its homes were built before 1996.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Herman 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 Herman’s history is told.
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Herman, decade by decade
Before
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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
3 historic places in Herman
3 places in Herman are 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
3places listed1 building · 2 other
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
1historic building protectedcounting each building in a district
1976first listedChapel Emmanuel Railroad Car · newest: Herschell-Spillman Steam Riding Gallery, 2016
Where they are
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BuildingsStructures
When they were listed
The Register began in 1966.
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Listed 1976Chapel Emmanuel Railroad CarListed 1978Herman Luce CabinListed 2016Herschell-Spillman Steam Riding Gallery
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.