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Nearest Communities to Eaton,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Eaton, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Eaton:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Eaton.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Although our information shows that the community of Eaton is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Dickey County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Dickey County: LaMoure, McIntosh, Ransom, Sargent, Brown (SD) & McPherson (SD).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 51 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Eaton. Of these communities, 35 are located in counties other than Dickey County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Eaton (which is Dickey County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Eaton

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Dickey County   (where Eaton resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.dickeynd.com/
    • County Seat for Dickey:   Ellendale
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Eaton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Eaton.
      • Port Emma ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Port Emma is located in Dickey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Emma
      • Ludden
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Ludden is located in Dickey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludden
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
      • Guelph
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Guelph is located in Dickey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guelph
      • Hudson ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Hudson is located in Dickey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
      • Silverleaf
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Silverleaf is located in Dickey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverleaf
      • Norway
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Norway is located in Dickey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
      • Oakes
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Clement
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Clement is located in Dickey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clement
      • Ellendale
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Fullerton
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Glover
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Glover is located in Dickey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
      • Duane
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Duane is located in Dickey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Boynton
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Boynton is located in Dickey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
        • Keystone ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Keystone is located in Dickey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
        • Monango
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Monango is located in Dickey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monango
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
        • Forbes
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • LaMoure County
  • Ransom County
  • Sargent County
    • County Website:   http://www.sargentnd.com/
    • County Seat for Sargent:   Forman
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Eaton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Eaton.
      • Straubville ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Straubville is located in Sargent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straubville
      • Hample
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Hample is located in Sargent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hample
      • Nicholson
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Nicholson is located in Sargent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson
      • Brampton
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Brampton is located in Sargent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brampton
      • Crete
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Crete is located in Sargent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crete
      • Cogswell
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Harlem ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Harlem is located in Sargent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
      • Stirum
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Stirum is located in Sargent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirum
      • Havana
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Forman
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Gwinner
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Brown County
    • County Website:   https://www.brown.sd.us/
    • County Seat for Brown:   Aberdeen (SD)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Eaton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Eaton.
      • Hecla
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Hecla is located in Brown County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hecla
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hecla <4>
      • Houghton
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Winship
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Winship is located in Brown County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winship
        • Estimated population in 2014: 2,862 people
      • Frederick
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Claremont
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Barnard
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Huffton
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Huffton is located in Brown County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffton
        • Estimated population in 2014: 316 people
      • Columbia
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Westport
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Putney
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Putney is located in Brown County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putney
        • Estimated population in 2014: 104 people
      • Ordway
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Ordway is located in Brown County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ordway
        • Estimated population in 2014: 306 people
      • Tacoma Park
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Tacoma Park is located in Brown County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacoma Park
        • Estimated population in 2014: 413 people
  • Clark County
  • Marshall County
    • County Website:   https://marshall.sdcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Marshall:   Britton (SD)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Eaton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Eaton.
      • Newark
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Newark is located in Marshall County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
        • Estimated population in 2014: 109 people
      • Amherst
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • West Britton ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • West Britton is located in Marshall County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Britton
        • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,368 people
      • Kidder
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Kidder is located in Marshall County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidder
        • Estimated population in 2014: 77 people
      • Britton
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Britton is located in Marshall County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Britton
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,256 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Britton <4>
      • Spain
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Spain is located in Marshall County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spain
        • Population from the 2010 Census: 989 people
      • Langford
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Eaton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Eaton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.