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History · Norris

Norris’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Norris. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Norris is an unincorporated community in Mellette County, South Dakota, United States. It is not specifically tracked by the Census Bureau, but is included in the census-designated place of the same name. The population of the CDP was 150 at the 2020 census. Norris has a post office that serves the 57560 ZIP code area. The zip code includes the town of Corn Creek. Norris was laid out in 1910 and named after a nephew of the town's merchant.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 189 to 183 (-3%). Half of its homes were built before 1976.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Norris 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 Norris’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Norris

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VJVine Deloria, Jr.Martin · 33 miJNJay NovacekMartin · 33 miJRJ.R. RigginsKadoka · 31 miNMNellie Star Boy MenardRosebud · 23 miBLBarbara LucasCody · 35 miCLCecilia LanceRosebud · 23 mi
By decade

Norris, decade by decade

Before
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.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Norris is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Norris has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is He Dog Consolidated School in Parmelee, 11.7 miles away.

Norris and the nearest listed places

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He Dog Consolidated SchoolSpotted Tail GravesiteRosebud HotelSouth Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 48-244-204

Closest to Norris

He Dog Consolidated SchoolParmelee · Building11.7miSpotted Tail GravesiteRosebud · Site21.8miRosebud HotelRosebud · Built 187922.2miSouth Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 48-244-204White River · Structure23.5mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. He Dog Consolidated School’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Norris?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Norris’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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