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Nearest Communities to Sparks,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

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

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

Sparks is located in Cherry County.

The following 11 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cherry County: Blaine, Brown, Grant, Hooker, Keya Paha, Sheridan, Thomas, Bennett (SD), Oglala Lakota (SD), Todd (SD) & Tripp (SD).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 20 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sparks. Of these communities, 15 are located in counties other than Cherry 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 Sparks (which is Cherry 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 Sparks

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

  • Cherry County   (where Sparks resides)
    • County Website:   www.co.cherry.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Cherry:   Valentine
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sparks   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sparks.
      • Thatcher
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thatcher have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thatcher
        • Thatcher is located in Cherry County
      • Arabia ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arabia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arabia
        • Arabia is located in Cherry County
      • Valentine
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Wood Lake
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Crookston
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Brown County
    • County Seat for Brown:   Ainsworth
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sparks   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sparks.
      • Johnstown
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johnstown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
        • Johnstown is located in Brown County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnstown <4>
      • Sandridge
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandridge
        • Sandridge is located in Brown County
  • Keya Paha County
    • County Website:   www.co.keya-paha.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Keya Paha:   Springview
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sparks   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sparks.
      • Norden
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norden
        • Norden is located in Keya Paha County
      • Meadville
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville
        • Meadville is located in Keya Paha County
      • Springview
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springview
        • Springview is located in Keya Paha County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Springview <4>
  • Todd County
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sparks   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sparks.
      • Littleburg
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Littleburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleburg
        • Littleburg is located in Todd County (SD)
      • Hidden Timber
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Timber
        • Hidden Timber is located in Todd County (SD)
        • Estimated population in 2014: 45 people
      • Olsonville
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olsonville
        • Olsonville is located in Todd County (SD)
        • Estimated population in 2014: 72 people
      • Lakeview
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
        • Lakeview is located in Todd County (SD)
        • Estimated population in 2014: 799 people
      • Okreek
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • White Horse
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Horse have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
        • White Horse is located in Todd County (SD)
  • Tripp County
    • County Seat for Tripp:   Winner (SD)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sparks   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sparks.
      • Keyapaha
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keyapaha have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyapaha
        • Keyapaha is located in Tripp County (SD)
        • Estimated population in 2014: 21 people
      • Millboro
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro
        • Millboro is located in Tripp County (SD)
        • Estimated population in 2014: 34 people
      • Clearfield
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearfield
        • Clearfield is located in Tripp County (SD)
      • Wewela
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sparks) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sparks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9408, Longitude: -100.2573    
<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.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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