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Nearest Communities to Athol,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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 Athol.<1>

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

Athol is located in Spink County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Spink County: Beadle, Brown, Clark, Day, Edmunds, Faulk & Hand.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 40 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Athol. Of these communities, 24 are located in counties other than Spink 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 Athol (which is Spink 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 Athol

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

  • Spink County   (where Athol resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.spinkcounty-sd.org/
    • County Seat for Spink:   Redfield
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Athol   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Athol.
      • Ashton
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Gallup
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Gallup is located in Spink County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallup
      • Northville
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Redfield
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Mellette
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Duxbury
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Duxbury is located in Spink County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duxbury
        • Estimated population in 2014: 531 people
      • Brentford
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Frankfort
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Crandon
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Crandon is located in Spink County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandon
      • Tulare
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Glendale Colony
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Glendale Colony is located in Spink County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale Colony
      • Spink Colony
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Spink Colony is located in Spink County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spink Colony
        • Estimated population in 2014: 155 people
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Turton
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Doland
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Spottswood
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Spottswood is located in Spink County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottswood
        • Conde
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Beadle County
  • Brown County
    • County Website:   https://www.brown.sd.us/
    • County Seat for Brown:   Aberdeen
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Athol   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Athol.
      • Mansfield
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Warner
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Rudolph
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Rudolph is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudolph
      • Randolph
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Randolph is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
      • Stratford
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Nahon
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Nahon is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahon
      • Verdon
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Verdon is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdon
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 5 people
  • Edmunds County
  • Faulk County
    • County Seat for Faulk:   Faulkton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Athol   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Athol.
      • Zell
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Zell is located in Faulk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zell
        • Estimated population in 2014: 65 people
      • Chelsea
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Chelsea is located in Faulk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
      • Rockham
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Devoe
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Devoe is located in Faulk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devoe
        • Estimated population in 2014: 23 people
      • Miranda
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Miranda is located in Faulk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miranda
        • Estimated population in 2014: 122 people
      • Cresbard
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Faulkton
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Orient
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Wecota
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Millard
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Millard is located in Faulk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millard
  • Hand County
    • County Website:   https://hand.sdcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Hand:   Miller
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Athol   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Athol.
      • Burdette
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Burdette is located in Hand County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette
      • Florence ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Florence is located in Hand County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
        • Estimated population in 2014: 374 people
      • Polo
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Polo is located in Hand County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
        • Estimated population in 2014: 227 people

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Athol) 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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