Ardmore, South Dakota
{{Short description|Unincorporated community in South Dakota, US}}
{{Other places|Ardmore (disambiguation)}}
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Ardmore is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Fall River County, South Dakota, United States.{{GNIS|1261200}} The town was founded in 1889 by European-American settlers.{{cite web |title=SD Towns |publisher=South Dakota State Historical Society |accessdate=February 10, 2010 |url=http://history.sd.gov/Archives/forms/exhibits/SD%20Towns.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210030454/http://history.sd.gov/Archives/forms/exhibits/SD%20Towns.pdf |archivedate=February 10, 2010 |url-status=dead}} The population was 1 at the 2020 census.{{cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau: Ardmore CDP, South Dakota |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US4601980 |website=www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=March 25, 2022 |language=en}}
Description
File:Ardmore South Dakota Reunion 2010.jpg
The town is believed to have been derived from the name of Dora Moore, a local teacher.{{cite book |author=Federal Writers' Project |author-link=Federal Writers' Project |title=South Dakota place-names, v.1-3 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027015455;view=1up;seq=81 |year=1940 |publisher=University of South Dakota |page=23}} It is at an elevation of 3,556 feet.{{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=12747 |title=Ardmore, South Dakota Information - ePodunk |publisher= |accessdate=April 8, 2016}}
Ardmore was featured in the May 2004 issue of National Geographic Magazine.{{cite magazine |url=http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0405/feature1/index.html |title=Change of Heartland: The Great Plains |website=nationalgeographic.com |date=May 2004 |accessdate=November 9, 2019 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030174109/http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0405/feature1/index.html |archivedate=October 30, 2007 |via=Wayback Machine}} The community is located approximately {{convert|1|mi|km|spell=in}} north of the South Dakota–Nebraska border along South Dakota Highway 71. It is located next to a stretch of BNSF railroad. Approximately 15-25 abandoned houses have survived at the site. The town sign is still standing.
History
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In 1927, President Calvin Coolidge stopped in Ardmore.
The town survived the Great Depression without one family on welfare. The decline of agriculture and move of young people to other areas for work reduced the population. The last time the town had a recorded population was in 1980, when the 1980 census showed a population of 16 residents.
Ardmore celebrated a reunion on September 4, 2010, at the Ardmore Volunteer Fire Department.
Education
The school district is Edgemont School District 23-1.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st46_sd/schooldistrict_maps/c46047_fall_river/DC20SD_C46047.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Fall River County, SD|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2024-11-30}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st46_sd/schooldistrict_maps/c46047_fall_river/DC20SD_C46047_SD2MS.txt Text list]
Notable person
- Doc Middleton, a former resident and infamous outlaw
References
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External links
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Category:Populated places in Fall River County, South Dakota
Category:Unincorporated communities in South Dakota
Category:Populated places established in 1889
Category:1889 establishments in Dakota Territory
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