Old Elm Spring Colony, formerly called the Old Elmspring Hutterite Colony, is a

Hutterite colony Hutterites (; ), also called Hutterian Brethren (German: ), are a communal ethnoreligious branch of Anabaptists, who, like the Amish and Mennonites, trace their roots to the Radical Reformation of the early 16th century and have formed intent ...

and

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(CDP) in

Hutchinson County, South Dakota Hutchinson County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,427. Its county seat is Olivet. The county was created in 1862 and organized in 1871; it was named for John Hutchinson, first territ ...

, United States. The population was 114 at the 2020 census. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. It is on the northern edge of the county, bordered to the north by Hanson County. It is on high ground on the east side of the

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. It is north-northwest of Olivet, the

county seat A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or parish (administrative division), civil parish. The term is in use in five countries: Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, and the United States. An equiva ...

, and northeast of Parkston. New Elm Spring Colony is to the west, across the James River. It began as a Hutterite colony in 1876. In 1982 it was listed on the

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as part of the Historic Hutterite Colonies Thematic Resource, and included six contributing buildings over , including the Good Samaritan Home. With

Demographics

References

Census-designated places in Hutchinson County, South Dakota Census-designated places in South Dakota Hutterite communities in the United States National Register of Historic Places in Hutchinson County, South Dakota Populated places established in 1876 1876 establishments in Dakota Territory {{SouthDakota-geo-stub