Hutchinson County, South Dakota

Founding: 1871 (declared in 1862)
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: John Hutchinson, South Dakota territorial secretary
Seat: Maxwell City (1871–1873); Olivet (1873–)
Land area: 813 square miles
Population (2020): 7,427
Population (historic): 5,573 (1880); 11,897 (1900); 13,904 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1870–1930; 2010s
Subdivisions: Two cities; four towns; two CDPs; 23 townships
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,127 (33.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 45.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 1.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,792
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,922

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.4 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 1,553
Average farm size (1920): 259.1 acres
Sources of settlement: Russia and Germany
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Olivet

 
Namesake: Olivet, Michigan
Founding: 1873 (platting); 1873 (post office)
Population (2020): 64
Population (historic): 105 (1890); 133 (1910); 184 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1900; 1910s; 1930s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 14 (29.2%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Gottlieb Stern House (c. 1885). 276th Road and Wolf Creek. Wolf Creek.

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