Elrod, South Dakota Explained

Elrod is an unincorporated community in Clark County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.

History

Elrod was originally called Ida.[1] [2] The community's present name is for Samuel H. Elrod, a personal friend of the original owner of the town site; Samuel Elrod later served as Governor of South Dakota from 1905 to 1907.[3] A post office was established as Ida in 1883, renamed Elrod in 1884, and the post office was discontinued in 1954.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Federal Writers' Project. Federal Writers' Project. South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. https://archive.today/20160809131742/http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027015455;view=1up;seq=103. dead. 2016-08-09. 1940. University of South Dakota. 36.
  2. Book: A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways . Chicago and North Western Railway Company . 1908 . 68.
  3. Book: Kingsbury, George Washington. South Dakota: Its History and Its People. 1915. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. 85.
  4. Web site: Clark County . Jim Forte Postal History . 17 March 2015.

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