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Nearest Communities to Artesian,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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 starting from Artesian.<1>

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

Artesian is located in Sanborn County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sanborn County: Aurora, Beadle, Davison, Hanson, Jerauld, Kingsbury & Miner.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 42 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Artesian. Of these communities, 37 are located in counties other than Sanborn 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 Artesian (which is Sanborn 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 Artesian

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

  • Sanborn County   (where Artesian resides)
    • County Seat for Sanborn:   Woonsocket
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Artesian   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Artesian.
      • Ruskin Park
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Ruskin Park is located in Sanborn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruskin Park
      • Forestburg
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Forestburg is located in Sanborn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestburg
        • Population from the 2010 Census: 73 people
      • Letcher
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Cuthbert
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Cuthbert is located in Sanborn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuthbert
      • Woonsocket
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Aurora County
  • Beadle County
    • County Website:   https://www.beadlesd.org/
    • County Seat for Beadle:   Huron
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Artesian   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Artesian.
      • Pearl Creek Colony
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Pearl Creek Colony is located in Beadle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl Creek Colony
      • Cavour
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Morningside
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Morningside is located in Beadle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningside
      • Sheffield
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Sheffield is located in Beadle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
      • Huron
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Huron is located in Beadle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,420 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huron <3>
      • Yale
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Davison County
  • Hanson County
    • County Website:   https://www.hansoncountysd.gov/
    • County Seat for Hanson:   Alexandria
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Artesian   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Artesian.
      • Farwell
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Farwell is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwell
      • Plano
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Plano is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
        • Estimated population in 2014: 104 people
      • Epiphany
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Epiphany is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epiphany
        • Estimated population in 2014: 103 people
      • Fulton
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Riverside
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Riverside is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
      • Farmer
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Farmer is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 11 people
      • Alexandria
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Rockport Colony
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Rockport Colony is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport Colony
        • Estimated population in 2014: 32 people
  • Jerauld County
  • Kingsbury County
    • County Website:   https://kingsburycountysd.org/
    • County Seat for Kingsbury:   De Smet
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Artesian   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Artesian.
      • Esmond
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Esmond is located in Kingsbury County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
        • Estimated population in 2014: 60 people
      • Iroquois
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Manchester
        (26 miles [41.8 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
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Fairview is located in Kingsbury County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
  • Lake County
  • McCook County
  • Miner County
    • County Website:   https://www.minercountysd.org/
    • County Seat for Miner:   Howard
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Artesian   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Artesian.
      • Fedora
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Roswell
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Roswell is located in Miner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roswell
        • Estimated population in 2014: 70 people
      • Argonne
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Argonne is located in Miner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argonne
      • Carthage
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Vilas
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Vilas is located in Miner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vilas
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
      • Howard
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Canova
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Cloverleaf Colony
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Cloverleaf Colony is located in Miner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverleaf Colony

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Artesian) 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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