Watertower, Woonsocket, South Dakota - Water Towers on Waymarking.com

Located in Sanborn County, South Dakota, Woonsocket has a population of 641, as of July 2008. This is a decrease in population of 11% since the 2000 census.

It was incorporated on April 11, 1888 and is the County Seat of Sanborn County.

German, Norwegian, English, Irish, and Dutch settlers made up the town.

The City of Woonsocket began in 1883 at the junction of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and Saint Paul Railroads. The superintendent of the railroad was C.H. Prior, and he named the new town Woonsocket, after his home town of Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Lake Prior, located in the center of town, is named after Mr. Prior. The town of Woonsocket grew rapidly. The first day lots were offered for sale, 50 lots were sold. Woonsocket grew so fast that it was called "Boomstrucket."

The population grew from 500 to 800 people in two months. The first business establishment to be located in Woonsocket was a saloon. Three days after the sale of the first lot, the first church services were held in a carpenter's shed, which had recently been moved in.

This watertower was built in 1883.

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