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Tea, SD
Tea is an incorporated city in Lincoln County, South Dakota, United States and is a suburb of Sioux Falls. The population was 5,598 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 7,381 in 2023. The town of Tea was plotted in 1900 and incorporated in 1906.
Peters' and Heeren's Store was built in the 1880's before the railroad went through. William Heeren opened the first lumberyard where the Legion Hall is now located. This lumberyard opened in 1895 and closed in 1909. Paul Harkness printed the town's only newspaper, The Tea Signal, in 1914 and 1915. The first bank in Tea was situated in the same location that is now the O'Toole Bar. It was built about 1900 and was a bank until 1922 when it went broke. The Tea Public School originated in 1879 with the building of the first schoolhouse.
Today the population of Delapre Township has doubled with housing developments and acreage's taking over some of the fine farmland. Tea's population has tripled. The large school in Tea serves much of Delapre Township and is part of the Lennox School District. The Harrisburg School District serves families in the eastern part of the township.
