The story so far
from the U.S. CensusBetween the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 238 to 267 (+12%). Half of its homes were built before 1938.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Middleton 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 Middleton’s history is told.
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Middleton, decade by decade
Before
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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 Middleton
1 place in Middleton 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 other
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
0historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
1999first listedSouth Dakota Department of Transportation Bridge No. 63-197-130
Where they are
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Structures
When they were listed
The Register began in 1966.
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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.