The story so far
from the U.S. CensusIts population held steady between the last two censuses: 50 people in 2010, 50 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 2003.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hulbert 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 Hulbert’s history is told.
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Hulbert, 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
Nothing in Hulbert is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Hulbert has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 30-257-400 in Rose Hill, 8.4 miles away.
Hulbert and the nearest listed places
Dashed line = Hulbert. 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. South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 30-257-400’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Hulbert?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Hulbert’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
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.