History · Newell

Newell’s history is mostly unwritten

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Newell are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Newell’s homes were built before 1958.

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Newell, in brief

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Newell is a city in Butte County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 584 at the 2020 census. Newell was laid out in 1910. The city has the name of F. H. Newell, director of the United States Reclamation Service.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 603 to 584 (-3%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Newell, decade by decade

Today3 recent

2026Newell, Butte County

2008Neil Young on chopper

2004SDMap-doton-Newell

On the National Register

2 historic places in Newell

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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National Historic Landmarks

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historic buildings protected

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first listed

1976

Belle Fourche Experiment Farm

in South Dakota

#81

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Buildings

All 2 listings

Belle Fourche Experiment FarmBuilding · listed 1976 William G. Kenaston HouseBuilding · listed 1984

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

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From Wikimedia Commons (3), Wikidata (2) and the National Register of Historic Places (2). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.