The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusMellette is a city in Spink County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 199 at the 2020 census. Mellette was laid out in 1881, and named in honor of Governor Arthur C. Mellette.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 130 to 106 (-18%). Half of its homes were built before 1943.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Mellette 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.
Start Mellette’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mellette’s history is told.
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2000
Nothing in Mellette is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Mellette has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Modern Woodmen of America Hall in Warner, 6.6 miles away.
Mellette and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.