Oldham, SD

Oldham is a city in Kingsbury County, South Dakota, United States. The 2020 census counted 121 residents. The post office in Oldham opened in 1887. Some say the city was named for Oldham Carrot, a local landowner, while others believe the name is a transfer from Oldham, England, the native home of a first settler. The short version is that Oldham carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on Oldham: its past remains attached to the places people use now. The Loriks Peterson Heritage House is on the National Register of Historic Places.