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Nearest Communities to Nicholson,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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 south contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Nicholson.<1>

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

Nicholson is located in Sargent County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sargent County: Dickey, Ransom, Richland, Brown (SD) & Marshall (SD).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 52 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Nicholson. Of these communities, 34 are located in counties other than Sargent County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Nicholson (which is Sargent 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 Nicholson

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

  • Sargent County   (where Nicholson resides)
    • County Website:   http://www.sargentnd.com/
    • County Seat for Sargent:   Forman
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Nicholson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Nicholson.
      • Cogswell
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Straubville ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • Straubville is located in Sargent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straubville
      • Harlem ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Harlem is located in Sargent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
      • Hample
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Hample is located in Sargent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hample
      • Stirum
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Stirum is located in Sargent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirum
      • Crete
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Crete is located in Sargent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crete
      • Brampton
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Brampton is located in Sargent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brampton
      • Forman
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Gwinner
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Havana
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Rutland
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Hoving
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Hoving is located in Sargent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoving
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Milnor
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Cayuga
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Ransom City ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Ransom City is located in Sargent County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom City
        • De Lamere
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • De Lamere is located in Sargent County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Lamere
        • Geneseo
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Geneseo is located in Sargent County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneseo
        • Hamlin
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Hamlin is located in Sargent County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
  • Dickey County
    • County Website:   https://www.dickeynd.com/
    • County Seat for Dickey:   Ellendale
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Nicholson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Nicholson.
      • Oakes
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Norway
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Norway is located in Dickey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
      • Ludden
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Ludden is located in Dickey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludden
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
      • Glover
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Glover is located in Dickey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
      • Port Emma ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Port Emma is located in Dickey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Emma
      • Eaton ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Eaton is located in Dickey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton
      • Clement
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Clement is located in Dickey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clement
      • Guelph
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Guelph is located in Dickey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guelph
      • Hudson ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Hudson is located in Dickey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
      • Silverleaf
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Silverleaf is located in Dickey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverleaf
      • Fullerton
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • LaMoure County
  • Ransom County
    • County Website:   https://ransomcountynd.net/
    • County Seat for Ransom:   Lisbon
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Nicholson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Nicholson.
      • Brockway ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Brockway is located in Ransom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockway
      • Englevale
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Englevale is located in Ransom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englevale
      • Elliott
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Elliott is located in Ransom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 25 people
      • Lisbon
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Fort Ransom
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Wisner ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Wisner is located in Ransom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisner
      • Buttzville
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Buttzville is located in Ransom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttzville
  • Brown County
  • Clark County
  • Marshall County
    • County Website:   https://marshall.sdcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Marshall:   Britton (SD)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Nicholson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Nicholson.
      • Newark
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Newark is located in Marshall County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
        • Estimated population in 2014: 109 people
      • Kidder
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Kidder is located in Marshall County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidder
        • Estimated population in 2014: 77 people
      • West Britton ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • West Britton is located in Marshall County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Britton
        • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,368 people
      • Britton
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • 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 <3>
      • Amherst
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Marlow
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Marlow is located in Marshall County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
        • Estimated population in 2014: 14 people
      • Spain
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Spain is located in Marshall County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spain
        • Population from the 2010 Census: 989 people
      • Hillhead
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Hillhead is located in Marshall County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillhead
        • Estimated population in 2014: 990 people

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Nicholson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
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