The story so far
from the U.S. CensusBetween the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 51 to 41 (-20%).
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Valley yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
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Start Valley’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Valley’s history is told.
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Valley, decade by decade
Before
2000
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.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Valley is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Valley has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Lewis Bridge in Burton, 3.8 miles away.
Valley and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Valley
Lewis BridgeBurton · Structure3.8mi
Wewela HallRames · Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: False-Front · Built 192610.6miSouth Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 62-220-512Rames · Structure11.9mi
St. Augustine ChurchDallas · Romanesque Revival14.4mi
St. John's Catholic ChurchDallas · Vernacular Gothic Revival · Built 191514.4miHow 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. Lewis Bridge’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Valley?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Valley’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational 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.