Welcome to Medary ...

Medary is located in Brookings County<1>.

The location of Medary has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

The pronunciation of Medary: muh-DAYR-ee<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Medary, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1872.

From the 2010 Census (the most recent Census number we have), Medary had a population of 1,427 people.<4> (see below for details).

Medary is 1,570 feet [479 m] above sea level.<5>.

Time Zone: Medary lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The area code for Medary: (605)

Communities Also Named Medary ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Medary - they are located in Kansas and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Medary.

Communities near Medary ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Medary.

• Brookings
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookings
  • Brookings is located in Brookings County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,804 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookings <6>
• Flandreau
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flandreau have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flandreau
  • Flandreau is located in Moody County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,293 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flandreau <6>
• Volga
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volga
  • Volga is located in Brookings County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,080 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Volga <6>
• Aurora
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aurora have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
  • Aurora is located in Brookings County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 866 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aurora <6>
• Elkton
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
  • Elkton is located in Brookings County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 729 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkton <6>
• Colman
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colman
  • Colman is located in Moody County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colman <6>
• White
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
  • White is located in Brookings County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White <6>
• North Grove Addition
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Grove Addition have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove Addition
  • North Grove Addition is located in Brookings County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 471 people
• Egan
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Egan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egan
  • Egan is located in Moody County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Egan <6>
• Rutland
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
  • Rutland is located in Lake County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 205 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rutland <6>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Medary. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Medary.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Medary. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Medary.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Medary. See our Newspapers Page for Medary.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Medary ...

Looking for more information about Medary? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Medary, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Medary.

Adding Medary to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Medary in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Medary was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Medary post office opened in 1872.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Medary.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Medary. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Brookings County: www.brookingscountysd.gov/

The official website for State of South Dakota: sd.gov/