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Nearest Communities to Bovee,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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.

Bovee is located in Charles Mix County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Charles Mix County: Boyd (NE), Knox (NE), Aurora, Bon Homme, Brule, Douglas, Gregory & Hutchinson.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 43 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bovee. Of these communities, 32 are located in counties other than Charles Mix 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 Bovee (which is Charles Mix 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 Bovee

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

  • Charles Mix County   (where Bovee resides)
    • County Website:   https://charlesmixcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Charles Mix:   Lake Andes
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bovee   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bovee.
      • Platte
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • 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
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • 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>
      • Wheeler ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Wheeler is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
      • Lake Andes
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Dezera
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Dezera is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dezera
      • Academy
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Academy is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Academy
      • Platte Colony
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Platte Colony is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Colony
        • Estimated population in 2014: 51 people
      • Pickstown
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Ravinia
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Marty
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Marty is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marty
        • Population from the 2010 Census: 402 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marty <3>
      • Wagner
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Wagner is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagner
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,537 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wagner <3>
  • Aurora County
  • Brule County
    • County Website:   https://www.brulecounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Brule:   Chamberlain
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bovee   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bovee.
      • Cedar Grove Colony
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Cedar Grove Colony is located in Brule County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Colony
      • Bijou Hills
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Bijou Hills is located in Brule County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bijou Hills
      • Eagle
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Eagle is located in Brule County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle
        • Estimated population in 2014: 17 people
      • Ola
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Ola is located in Brule County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ola
        • Estimated population in 2014: 108 people
      • Kimball
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Davison County
  • Douglas County
    • County Website:   https://douglas.sdcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Douglas:   Armour
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bovee   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bovee.
      • Joubert
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Joubert is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joubert
        • Estimated population in 2014: 126 people
      • New Holland
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Harrison
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Corsica
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Armour
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Grandview ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Grandview is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
      • Douglas City ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Douglas City is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas City
      • Hillside
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Hillside is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
        • Estimated population in 2014: 31 people
      • Delmont
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Gregory County
    • County Website:   https://gregory.sdcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Gregory:   Burke
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bovee   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bovee.
      • East Gregory
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • East Gregory is located in Gregory County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gregory
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
      • Bonesteel
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Fairfax
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Fort Randall
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Fort Randall is located in Gregory County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Randall
        • Estimated population in 2014: 2,135 people
      • Lucas
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Lucas is located in Gregory County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
      • Saint Charles
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Herrick
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Burke
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Boyd County
    • County Website:   https://boydcounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Boyd:   Butte (NE)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bovee   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bovee.
      • Baker ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Baker is located in Boyd County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
      • Anoka
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Anoka is located in Boyd County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anoka
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
      • Gross
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Gross is located in Boyd County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2 people
      • Butte
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Butte is located in Boyd County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butte
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Butte <3>
      • Naper
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Naper is located in Boyd County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naper
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Naper <3>

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- Bovee) 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.