Beadle County Towns & Post Offices

TOWN / POST OFFICE TOWNSHIP
Altman ? Fairfield Township, post office
Altoona later became Hitchcock
Aqua later became Wessington
Aquilo post office, July 26,1880-May 5, 1881
Beatrice post office in Barrett Township (May 26, 1884 - Mar 2, 1894)
Belle post office in Belle Prairie Township, Sec. 30 (Dec. 13, 1894 - Feb. 28, 1907).  Located in the home of Robert Gilgore.
Bonilla Bonilla Township. Platted Mar. 1884.
Broadland Broadland Township.  Founded by Western Town Lot Company, platted June 9, 1880.
Cavour Cavour & Richland Townships.  First town in county, platted Sep. 1879 (Western Town Lot Co.)
Clarksville renamed Hitchcock
Corvallis Post office, June 6, 1882 - July 31, 1883.
Dutch Town See Iroquois
Earlville Post office, Burr Oak Township, in the home of George E. Hatch.   First established in Aurora county, then moved to Beadle county. Dec. 13, 1882 - June 15, 1900.
Esther Post office in Iowa Township (May 26, 1904 - Aug. 31, 1905).  SW corner of Sec. 24 at the Edward Schumacher farm.
Goodle Post office in Clifton Township, Sec. 34 (July 20, 1881 - Oct. 10, 1894)
Hitchcock Altoona Township.  Formerly Clarksville, platted June 15, 1880.
Huron Theresa, Valley, Clyde & Custer Townships
Iroquois Primarily in Kingsbury co., but Gerner and Nash Additions are in Beadle co., both of them platted June 7, 1883.
Jim River Colony Lake Byron Township
Lakeside Post office in MilfordTownship, Sec. 17.  Later moved to Liberty Township.  July 24, 1882 - May 31, 1908.
Lawrence Post office in Milford Township, Sec. 27 (home of Wells E. Lawrence), Sep. 8, 1884 - Feb. 18, 1896.
Ludlow Post office in Pearl Creek Township, Sec. 8.  Oct. 10, 1882 - July 20, 1886.
Rayville A store in Pearl Creek Township, Sec. 34.
Regal Post office in Shue Creek Township, Sec. 12.  July 24, 1882 - Oct. 29, 1885
Sheffield Cavour Township; platted June 29, 1909.  Post office discontinued Nov. 15, 1927.
Virgil Dearborn Township, Sec. 32.  Platted May 6, 1884.
Wessington Whiteside & Wessington Townships.  Platted Mar. 23, 1882.  Post office named "Aqua," changed to Wessington on May 17, 1882.
Winthrop Store and Post office, Lake Byron Township, Sec. 1.  Homestead of Isaiah Nickell.  May 9, 1883 - Feb. 15, 1911.
Wolsey Wolsey Township, platted Apr. 1883.
Yale Cavour Township, Sec. 12; town, railroad station and post office established summer of 1888.  Present townsite established same section, 1889, "second addition to Yale"

 

Some facts from "A Place-Name Study of Beadle County, South Dakota" by Leta May James, 1939

 

CAVOUR

Cavour was named for Count Cavour, Italian Statesman, who when a young man traveled in and explored Dakota he had a camp near the present site of Cavour.  The first store at Cavour was that of Mixter and Hackett.  N. C. Estey had the first drug supply.  W. B. Sickles operated the first saloon.  Real estate dealers were Sweetzer, Sage and Sweeney.  It was the first town between Volga and Ft. Pierre and saw a great rush in the beginning of the homestead days.  Men gladly paid to be allowed to sleep on the floor of the Cavour House.  They'd give anything to get indoors.  [source unknown]

 

 

 

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