The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusSt. Francis, also known as Sápauŋ thí (Lakota: Sápauŋ thí; "Catholic House") is a city in the Rosebud Indian Reservation in Todd County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 469 at the 2020 census. St. Francis is named after the St. Francis Indian School, which was named after Francis of Assisi and was operated by the Catholic Franciscan order.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 709 to 469 (-34%). Half of its homes were built before 1977.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of St. Francis 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 St. Francis’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how St. Francis’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10St. Francis, decade by decade
2000
1 historic place in St. Francis
St. Francis has 1 listing on the National Register, and they protect 12 historic buildings, because St. Francis Mission alone counts 12.
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 Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.