Near Iroquois in Kingsbury County, South Dakota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Town Hall and Town Pump
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 14, 2018
1. Town Hall and Town Pump Marker
Inscription.
Town Hall and Town Pump. . The Manchester town hall and town pump were two places where everyone gathered. This monument stands on the site of the town hall, which hosted spirited elections, meetings and dances, carnivals and basketball games. The town pump, located in the middle of the main street, was for years the primary source of water. This semicircular monument pad represents Manchesters circle of friends and neighbors, always open to newcomers.
, Welcome Home!, Dedicated to Tom, Bersha, Harvey and Roy Dunn, Carrie Dunn Reiland, , and all Manchester pioneers. , Bench a gift of Sharon Schaller.
The Manchester town hall and town pump were two places where everyone gathered. This monument stands on the site of the town hall, which hosted spirited elections, meetings and dances, carnivals and basketball games. The town pump, located in the middle of the main street, was for years the primary source of water. This semicircular monument pad represents Manchesters circle of friends and neighbors, always open to newcomers.
Welcome Home!
Dedicated to Tom, Bersha, Harvey and Roy Dunn, Carrie Dunn Reiland, and all Manchester pioneers. Bench a gift of Sharon Schaller
Location. 44° 22.181′ N, 97° 43.227′ W. Marker is near Iroquois, South Dakota, in Kingsbury County. It is on Kingsbury Avenue 0.1 miles north of 208th Street (U.S. 14), on the left when traveling north. Marker is an inscribed granite bench located at the Manchester Memorial site. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 139 Kingsbury Avenue, Iroquois SD 57353, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally,
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this marker is in East River. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, on the prairies, and on the Northern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Ruperts Land and also the Louisiana Purchase.
Also see . . . Manchester, South Dakota (Wikipedia). As of 2020, the Manchester town site lies barren and abandoned. All that remains of Manchester is the slab foundations
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 14, 2018
2. Town Hall and Town Pump Marker
(marker inscription is on top of bench)
of demolished houses along the dirt road grid that composed the town center and the famous Manchester town pump (which survived a direct hit from the tornado mostly intact). There are no plans to rebuild, and the destruction of the town's post office and all remaining structures (along with the flight of the few remaining residents) served to finally extinguish Manchester's raison d'κtre, making it a natural disaster-induced ghost town. On June 25, 2007 a granite monument was erected in the ghost town commemorating its history and honoring the residents who had lived there. (Submitted on December 17, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 14, 2018
3. Manchester Town Pump
(pump visible at center of Kingsbury Avenue, just north of memorial)
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 14, 2018
4. Manchester Memorial
(looking east • Town Hall and Town Pump Marker on bench in foreground Kingsbury Avenue in background)
Credits. This page was last revised on March 18, 2026. It was originally submitted on December 16, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 493 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on December 17, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
