Several famous people are associated with these Codington County historic places including Arthur C. Mellette, Homer D. Walrath and General Mark Wentworth Sheafe.
Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Codington County places including Marshall Tile and Sidewalk, South Shore Cement Works, Corson Emminger, South Dakota Highway Commission, Gray Construction Co., Sylvester Monbloch, Painter & Sumner, Perkins & McWayne, E.H. Puhlman and L.E. Brickell. Prominent architectural styles found in Codington Country are Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Queen Anne and Classical Revival.