The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusReliance is a town in Lyman County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 128 at the 2020 census. Reliance was laid out in 1905.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 191 to 128 (-33%). Half of its homes were built before 1975.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Reliance 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 Reliance’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Reliance’s history is told.
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2000
Nothing in Reliance is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Reliance has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Chamberlain Bridge in Chamberlain, 14 miles away.
Reliance 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.
From Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.