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Nearest Communities to Alexandria,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Alexandria.<1>

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

Alexandria is located in Hanson County and is the County Seat.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hanson County: Davison, Hutchinson, McCook, Miner & Sanborn.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 52 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Alexandria. Of these communities, 43 are located in counties other than Hanson 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 Alexandria (which is Hanson 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 Alexandria

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

  • Hanson County   (where Alexandria resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.hansoncountysd.gov/
    • County Seat for Hanson:   Alexandria
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Alexandria   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Alexandria.
      • Fulton
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Rockport Colony
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Rockport Colony is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport Colony
        • Estimated population in 2014: 32 people
      • Farmer
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Farmer is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 11 people
      • Emery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Riverside
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Riverside is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
      • Plano
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Plano is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
        • Estimated population in 2014: 104 people
      • Maywood ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Maywood is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
      • Epiphany
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Epiphany is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epiphany
        • Estimated population in 2014: 103 people
      • Farwell
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Farwell is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwell
  • Davison County
    • County Website:   https://www.davisoncounty.org/
    • County Seat for Davison:   Mitchell
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Alexandria   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Alexandria.
      • Ethan
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Mitchell
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • River Bluff Addition
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • River Bluff Addition is located in Davison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bluff Addition
        • Estimated population in 2014: 13 people
      • Loomis
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Betts
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Betts is located in Davison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
      • Mount Vernon
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Metzgerville
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Metzgerville is located in Davison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metzgerville
  • Douglas County
  • Hutchinson County
    • County Seat for Hutchinson:   Olivet
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Alexandria   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Alexandria.
      • New Elm Springs Colony
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • New Elm Springs Colony is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elm Springs Colony
        • Estimated population in 2014: 600 people
      • Milltown
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Milltown is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
        • Estimated population in 2014: 115 people
      • Clayton
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Clayton is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
      • Dimock
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Tschetter Colony
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Tschetter Colony is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tschetter Colony
        • Estimated population in 2014: 80 people
      • Parkston
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Wolf Creek
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Wolf Creek is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
        • Estimated population in 2014: 195 people
      • Beardsley
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Beardsley is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardsley
      • Freeman
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Olivet
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Menno
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Menno is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 615 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Menno <3>
      • Tripp
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Tripp is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripp
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 614 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tripp <3>
  • McCook County
    • County Website:   https://www.mccookcountysd.com/
    • County Seat for McCook:   Salem
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Alexandria   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Alexandria.
      • Spencer
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Bridgewater
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Salem
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Salem is located in McCook County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
      • Unityville
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Unityville is located in McCook County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unityville
        • Estimated population in 2014: 52 people
      • Salem
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Stanley Corner
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Stanley Corner is located in McCook County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley Corner
      • Canistota
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Montrose
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Rumpus Ridge
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Rumpus Ridge is located in McCook County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumpus Ridge
  • Miner County
    • County Website:   https://www.minercountysd.org/
    • County Seat for Miner:   Howard
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Alexandria   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Alexandria.
      • Canova
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Fedora
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Roswell
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Roswell is located in Miner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roswell
        • Estimated population in 2014: 70 people
      • Vilas
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Vilas is located in Miner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vilas
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
      • Howard
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Argonne
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Argonne is located in Miner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argonne
  • Sanborn County
    • County Seat for Sanborn:   Woonsocket
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Alexandria   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Alexandria.
      • Letcher
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Artesian
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Ruskin Park
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Ruskin Park is located in Sanborn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruskin Park
      • Cuthbert
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Cuthbert is located in Sanborn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuthbert
      • Forestburg
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Forestburg is located in Sanborn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestburg
        • Population from the 2010 Census: 73 people
  • Turner County

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- Alexandria) 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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