Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve, Stavenger Lutheran Church, 06/14/2019

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South Dakota: Union County Poor Farm

Northwest of Elk point, South Dakota is the Union County Poor Farm Cemetery. It is across from St. Paul Lutheran Church.

County Poor Farm Cemetery, Union Co., SD
South Dakota Gravestones

Dakota Territory: Site of First Norwegian Lutheran Church

Timeline:

1863 - The origins of the congregation of St. Paul Lutheran Church, located northwest of Elk Point, SD, began.

1867-1868 - The first Norwegian Lutheran church in the Dakota Territory is built. It was a log building.

1922 - The current church building is constructed.

1938 - The cemetery association put up a monument to the first building. It is a simple marble plaque on a boulder along the cemetery path.

Today - The cemetery remains but several of the headstones have been replaced with newer markers.

Information source: History in South Dakota