Welcome to Bon Homme ...

So far, we found very little information about Bon Homme. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Bon Homme to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Bon Homme - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Bon Homme, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Bon Homme , we believe that it would have been located within present day Bon Homme County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bon Homme, you might consider that their post office opened in 1861.

Time Zone: The area where Bon Homme was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Bon Homme was located: 605

Communities Also Named Bon Homme ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Bon Homme - they are located in Mississippi and Missouri.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bon Homme.

Adding Bon Homme to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Bon Homme was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

X2X - From that list, the Bon Homme post office opened in 1861.

We also found Bon Homme in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bon Homme.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of South Dakota: https://www.sd.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bon Homme, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of South Dakota's counties, including Bon Homme, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/