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Welcome to Holmquist ...

Holmquist is located in Day County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Holmquist, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

From the 2010 Census (the most recent Census number we have), Holmquist had a population of 156 people.<2> (see below for details).

Holmquist is 1,810 feet [552 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Holmquist lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Holmquist: 605

Communities near Holmquist ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Holmquist.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Holmquist. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Holmquist.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Holmquist. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Holmquist.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Holmquist. See our Newspapers Page for Holmquist.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Holmquist ...

Looking for more information about Holmquist? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Holmquist, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Holmquist.

Adding Holmquist to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Holmquist in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Holmquist was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Holmquist post office opened in 1898. The Holmquist post office closed in 1963.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Holmquist.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Dakota's counties, including Day, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Holmquist.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Holmquist - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/