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Nearest Communities to Aurora Center,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Aurora Center.<1>

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

Aurora Center is located in Aurora County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Aurora County: Brule, Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas, Jerauld & Sanborn.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 36 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Aurora Center. Of these communities, 32 are located in counties other than Aurora 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 Aurora Center (which is Aurora 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 Aurora Center

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

  • Aurora County   (where Aurora Center resides)
    • County Seat for Aurora:   Plankinton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Aurora Center   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Aurora Center.
      • Stickney
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Plankinton
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • White Lake
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Storla
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Storla is located in Aurora County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storla
        • Population from the 2010 Census: 6 people
  • Brule County
    • County Website:   https://www.brulecounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Brule:   Chamberlain
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Aurora Center   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Aurora Center.
      • Cedar Grove Colony
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Cedar Grove Colony is located in Brule County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Colony
      • Kimball
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Eagle
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Eagle is located in Brule County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle
        • Estimated population in 2014: 17 people
      • Bijou Hills
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Bijou Hills is located in Brule County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bijou Hills
      • Lyonville
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Lyonville is located in Brule County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonville
        • Estimated population in 2014: 49 people
  • Charles Mix County
    • County Website:   https://charlesmixcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Charles Mix:   Lake Andes
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Aurora Center   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Aurora Center.
      • Bovee
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Bovee is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovee
      • Platte
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Platte is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,257 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Platte <3>
      • Geddes
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Geddes is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geddes
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geddes <3>
      • Dezera
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Dezera is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dezera
      • Lake Andes
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Academy
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Academy is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Academy
      • Platte Colony
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Platte Colony is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Colony
        • Estimated population in 2014: 51 people
      • Ravinia
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Wheeler ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Wheeler is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
  • Davison County
    • County Website:   https://www.davisoncounty.org/
    • County Seat for Davison:   Mitchell
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Aurora Center   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Aurora Center.
      • Metzgerville
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Metzgerville is located in Davison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metzgerville
      • Mount Vernon
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Betts
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Betts is located in Davison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
      • River Bluff Addition
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • River Bluff Addition is located in Davison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bluff Addition
        • Estimated population in 2014: 13 people
      • Ethan
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Loomis
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Douglas County
    • County Website:   https://douglas.sdcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Douglas:   Armour
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Aurora Center   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Aurora Center.
      • New Holland
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Harrison
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Joubert
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Joubert is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joubert
        • Estimated population in 2014: 126 people
      • Corsica
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Grandview ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Grandview is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
      • Douglas City ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Douglas City is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas City
      • Armour
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Hillside
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Hillside is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
        • Estimated population in 2014: 31 people
      • Delmont
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Greenwood Colony
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Greenwood Colony is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Colony
  • Hutchinson County
  • Jerauld County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Aurora Center) 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.