Editing Plankinton, South Dakota (section)

==History==
Plankinton sprang up with the arrival of the [[Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad]] to the area in 1880.<ref>{{cite book|author=Federal Writers' Project|author-link=Federal Writers' Project|title=South Dakota place-names, v.1-3|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027015455;view=1up;seq=145|year=1940|publisher=University of South Dakota|page=56}}</ref> The town was named for [[Milwaukee]]-based meatpacker and railroad official [[John Plankinton]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA996 | title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States | publisher=Routledge | date=May 13, 2013 | access-date=30 November 2013 | author=Hellmann, Paul T. | pages=996| isbn=978-1135948597 }}</ref>

The voters approved the incorporation of Plankinton as a village in an election on September 7, 1882. The first officials were elected on September 22, 1882. The first village trustees were C. Thompson, C.C. Irons, T.C. Granger, W.H. Ferguson.<ref>Andreas, A.T.(1884), ''Andreas’ Historical Atlas of Dakota'' Chicago: R.R. Donnelley. p. 183-184.</ref>

On 7 October 1897, the girls' dormitory at the State Industrial School in town burned, killing seven people.<ref>{{cite news |title=HOLOCAUST IN SOUTH DAKOTA. |url=http://www.gendisasters.com/south-dakota/14272/plankinton-sd-state-industrial-school-fire-oct-1897 |access-date=24 October 2020 |publisher=Logansport (Indiana) Pharos |date=10 October 1897}}</ref>

Plankinton was home to an annual [[wheat]] palace, which became a successful regional attraction and inspired the [[Corn Palace]] in nearby [[Mitchell, South Dakota|Mitchell]]. The first Grain Palace in South Dakota opened in Plankinton on September 29, 1891, while the last closed in October 1892.<ref>Evans, Rod (2009). Palaces on the Prairie. Canada: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies.</ref>