The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusSavo Township is a township in Brown County, South Dakota, United States. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 71. It is almost entirely populated by Finns, or people of Finnish heritage
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 71 to 21 (-70%). Half of its homes were built before 1938.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Savo 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 Savo’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Savo’s history is told.
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2000
2 historic places in Savo
2 places in Savo are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.