The story so far
from the U.S. CensusBetween the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 182 to 129 (-29%). Half of its homes were built before 1964.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lake Byron 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 Lake Byron’s history is told.
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Lake Byron, 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 Lake Byron
1 place in Lake Byron 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
1998first listedAlbert S. Piper Homestead Claim Shanty
Where they are
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Buildings
When they were listed
The Register began in 1966.
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190s
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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.