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Nearest Communities to Arlington Beach,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

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

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

Arlington Beach 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 54 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Arlington Beach. Of these communities, 43 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 Arlington Beach (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 Arlington Beach

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

  • Brookings County   (where Arlington Beach resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.brookingscountysd.gov/
    • County Seat for Brookings:   Brookings
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Arlington Beach   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Arlington Beach.
      • Bruce
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • 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>
      • Ahnberg
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Ahnberg is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ahnberg
      • North Grove Addition
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • North Grove Addition is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove Addition
        • Estimated population in 2014: 471 people
      • Volga
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • 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>
      • Sinai
        (20 miles [32.2 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>
      • Sunnyview
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Sunnyview is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyview
        • Estimated population in 2014: 17 people
      • Brookings
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • White
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • 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>
      • Aurora
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Bushnell
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Bushnell is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
      • Medary
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Medary is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medary
        • Estimated population in 2014: 1,442 people
  • Clark County
    • County Website:   https://clark.sdcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Clark:   Clark
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Arlington Beach   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Arlington Beach.
      • Success ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Success is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
        • Estimated population in 2014: 6,741 people
      • Vienna
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Naples
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Naples is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
      • Willow Lake
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Melham
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Melham is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melham
  • Codington County
    • County Website:   https://www.codington.org/
    • County Seat for Codington:   Watertown
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Arlington Beach   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Arlington Beach.
      • Appleby
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Appleby is located in Codington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleby
      • Foley
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Foley is located in Codington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foley
      • Grover
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Grover is located in Codington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
        • Estimated population in 2014: 171 people
      • Kampeska
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Kampeska is located in Codington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kampeska
        • Estimated population in 2014: 331 people
      • Watertown
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Kranzburg
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • North Shore
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • North Shore is located in Codington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shore
      • Henry
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Henry is located in Codington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Henry <3>
      • Rauville
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Rauville is located in Codington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rauville
        • Estimated population in 2014: 292 people
  • Deuel County
    • County Website:   https://www.deuelcountysd.com/
    • County Seat for Deuel:   Clear Lake
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Arlington Beach   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Arlington Beach.
      • Johnsonville
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Johnsonville is located in Deuel County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
      • Toronto
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Brandt
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Bemis
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Bemis is located in Deuel County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
      • Clear Lake
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Goodwin
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Astoria
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Altamont
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Altamont is located in Deuel County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
  • Hamlin County
    • County Website:   https://hamlinco.us/
    • County Seat for Hamlin:   Hayti
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Arlington Beach   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Arlington Beach.
      • Alsville
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Alsville is located in Hamlin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alsville
      • Stone Bridge
        (5 miles [8 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
      • Lake Norden
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Dempster
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Dempster is located in Hamlin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dempster
      • Hayti
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Estelline
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Castlewood
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Kones Corner
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Kones Corner is located in Hamlin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kones Corner
      • Thomas
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Thomas is located in Hamlin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
        • Estimated population in 2014: 290 people
      • Bryant
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Hazel
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Kingsbury County
  • Lake County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Arlington Beach) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.