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Nearest Communities to Argonne,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 Argonne.<1>

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

Argonne is located in Miner County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Miner County: Beadle, Hanson, Kingsbury, Lake, McCook & Sanborn.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 46 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Argonne. Of these communities, 39 are located in counties other than Miner 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 Argonne (which is Miner 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 Argonne

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

  • Miner County   (where Argonne resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.minercountysd.org/
    • County Seat for Miner:   Howard
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Argonne   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Argonne.
      • Vilas
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Vilas is located in Miner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vilas
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
      • Roswell
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Roswell is located in Miner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roswell
        • Estimated population in 2014: 70 people
      • Carthage
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Howard
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Fedora
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Cloverleaf Colony
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Cloverleaf Colony is located in Miner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverleaf Colony
      • Canova
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Beadle County
  • Davison County
  • Hanson County
    • County Website:   https://www.hansoncountysd.gov/
    • County Seat for Hanson:   Alexandria
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Argonne   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Argonne.
      • Epiphany
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Epiphany is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epiphany
        • Estimated population in 2014: 103 people
      • Farwell
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Farwell is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwell
      • Plano
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Plano is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
        • Estimated population in 2014: 104 people
      • Farmer
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Farmer is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 11 people
      • Fulton
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Riverside
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Riverside is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
      • Alexandria
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Kingsbury County
    • County Website:   https://kingsburycountysd.org/
    • County Seat for Kingsbury:   De Smet
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Argonne   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Argonne.
      • Esmond
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Esmond is located in Kingsbury County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
        • Estimated population in 2014: 60 people
      • Oldham
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Manchester
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Manchester is located in Kingsbury County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
        • Estimated population in 2014: 65 people
      • Fairview ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Fairview is located in Kingsbury County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • De Smet
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Iroquois
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Lake Preston
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Osceola
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Osceola is located in Kingsbury County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
        • Estimated population in 2014: 90 people
      • Bancroft
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Bancroft is located in Kingsbury County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
      • Hetland
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Erwin
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Lake County
    • County Website:   http://www.lake.sd.gov/
    • County Seat for Lake:   Madison
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Argonne   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Argonne.
      • Winfred
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Junius
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Junius is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junius
      • Ramona
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Prairie Village
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Prairie Village is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Village
        • Estimated population in 2014: 18 people
      • Orland ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Orland is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orland
      • Madison
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Chautauqua
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Chautauqua is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua
      • Franklin
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Franklin is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
        • Estimated population in 2014: 333 people
  • McCook County
  • Sanborn County
    • County Seat for Sanborn:   Woonsocket
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Argonne   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Argonne.
      • Artesian
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Forestburg
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Forestburg is located in Sanborn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestburg
        • Population from the 2010 Census: 73 people
      • Ruskin Park
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Ruskin Park is located in Sanborn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruskin Park
      • Letcher
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Cuthbert
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Cuthbert is located in Sanborn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuthbert

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Argonne) 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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