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Nearest Communities to Ahnberg,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 from Ahnberg.<1>

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

Ahnberg is located in Brookings County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Brookings County: Lincoln (MN), Deuel, Hamlin, Kingsbury, Lake & Moody.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 57 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ahnberg. Of these communities, 44 are located in counties other than Brookings 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 Ahnberg (which is Brookings 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 Ahnberg

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

  • Brookings County   (where Ahnberg resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.brookingscountysd.gov/
    • County Seat for Brookings:   Brookings
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ahnberg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ahnberg.
      • Sinai
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • Sinai is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinai
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sinai <3>
      • Volga
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Volga is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volga
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,080 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Volga <3>
      • Bruce
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Bruce is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bruce <3>
      • Brookings
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Sunnyview
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Sunnyview is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyview
        • Estimated population in 2014: 17 people
      • Medary
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Medary is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medary
        • Estimated population in 2014: 1,442 people
      • Arlington Beach
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Arlington Beach is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Beach
      • North Grove Addition
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • North Grove Addition is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove Addition
        • Estimated population in 2014: 471 people
      • Aurora
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Bushnell
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Bushnell is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
      • White
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • White is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White <3>
      • Hillside Colony
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Hillside Colony is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Colony
      • Elkton
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Clark County
  • Deuel County
  • Hamlin County
    • County Website:   https://hamlinco.us/
    • County Seat for Hamlin:   Hayti
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ahnberg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ahnberg.
      • Alsville
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Alsville is located in Hamlin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alsville
      • Estelline
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Lake Norden
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Stone Bridge
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Stone Bridge is located in Hamlin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bridge
        • Estimated population in 2014: 105 people
      • Dempster
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Dempster is located in Hamlin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dempster
      • Hayti
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Castlewood
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Bryant
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Kones Corner
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Kones Corner is located in Hamlin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kones Corner
  • Kingsbury County
  • Lake County
    • County Website:   http://www.lake.sd.gov/
    • County Seat for Lake:   Madison
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ahnberg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ahnberg.
      • Nunda
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Prairie Queen ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Prairie Queen is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Queen
      • Ramona
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Rutland
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Madison
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Prairie Village
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Prairie Village is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Village
        • Estimated population in 2014: 18 people
      • Wentworth
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Chautauqua
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Chautauqua is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua
      • Junius
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Junius is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junius
      • Peninsula Park
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Peninsula Park is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peninsula Park
        • Estimated population in 2014: 32 people
      • Smiths Park
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Smiths Park is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Park
      • Winfred
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
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        • Brant Lake
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Brant Lake is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brant Lake
        • Orland ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Orland is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orland
        • Chester
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Franklin
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Franklin is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
          • Estimated population in 2014: 333 people
  • Miner County
  • Moody County
    • County Website:   https://www.moodycounty.net/
    • County Seat for Moody:   Flandreau
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ahnberg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ahnberg.
      • Dyce ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Dyce is located in Moody County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyce
      • Colman
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Lone Tree
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Lone Tree is located in Moody County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
        • Estimated population in 2014: 14 people
      • Flandreau
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Sioux Falls Junction
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Sioux Falls Junction is located in Moody County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux Falls Junction
        • Estimated population in 2014: 119 people
      • Egan
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ahnberg) 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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