The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusMaxwell Colony is a Hutterite colony and census-designated place (CDP) in Hutchinson County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 254 at the 2020 census. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. It is in the southern part of the county, on the southwest side of the James River. It is 6 miles (10 km) by road southeast of Olivet, the county seat, and the same distance northeast of Scotland.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Maxwell Colony 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.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Maxwell Colony’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Maxwell Colony, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Maxwell Colony is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Maxwell Colony has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Old Maxwell Hutterite Colony in Sweet, 0.1 miles away.
