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Nearest Communities to Box Elder,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast 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 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 east 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 starting from Box Elder.<1>

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

Box Elder is primarily located in Pennington County. A portion of Box Elder extends into Meade County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pennington County: Custer, Haakon, Jackson, Lawrence, Meade, Oglala Lakota & Weston (WY).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 74 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Box Elder. Of these communities, 27 are located in counties other than Pennington 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 Box Elder (which is Pennington 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 Box Elder

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

  • Pennington County   (where Box Elder resides)
    • County Website:   www.co.pennington.sd.us/
    • County Seat for Pennington:   Rapid City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Box Elder   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Box Elder.
      • Ashland Heights
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashland Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Heights
        • Ashland Heights is located in Pennington County
      • Twilight Hills Addition
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twilight Hills Addition have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight Hills Addition
        • Twilight Hills Addition is located in Pennington County
      • Murphy
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murphy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
        • Murphy is located in Pennington County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 482 people
      • Rapid Valley
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rapid Valley
        • Rapid Valley is located in Pennington County
        • Population from the 2010 Census: 8,260 people
      • Green Valley
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
        • Green Valley is located in Pennington County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 51 people
      • Rapid City
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Sioux Village
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sioux Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux Village
        • Sioux Village is located in Pennington County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 262 people
      • Warbonnet
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warbonnet have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warbonnet
        • Warbonnet is located in Pennington County
      • Caputa
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Gossage Memorial
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gossage Memorial have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossage Memorial
        • Gossage Memorial is located in Pennington County
      • New Underwood
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Underwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Underwood
        • New Underwood is located in Pennington County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 679 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Underwood <4>
      • Arrowhead Estates
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arrowhead Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Estates
        • Arrowhead Estates is located in Pennington County
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        • Wildwood Addition
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildwood Addition have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Addition
          • Wildwood Addition is located in Pennington County
          • Estimated population in 2014: 55 people
        • Schaeferville
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Schaeferville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schaeferville
          • Schaeferville is located in Pennington County
        • Mawl Springs
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mawl Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mawl Springs
          • Mawl Springs is located in Pennington County
        • Farmingdale
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farmingdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmingdale
          • Farmingdale is located in Pennington County
          • Estimated population in 2014: 10 people
        • Clarkson Addition
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarkson Addition have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkson Addition
          • Clarkson Addition is located in Pennington County
        • Colonial Pine Hills
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colonial Pine Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Pine Hills
          • Colonial Pine Hills is located in Pennington County
        • Ridgeland Heights
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridgeland Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeland Heights
          • Ridgeland Heights is located in Pennington County
          • Estimated population in 2014: 11 people
        • South Canyon Country Estates
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Canyon Country Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canyon Country Estates
          • South Canyon Country Estates is located in Pennington County
          • Population from the 2010 Census: 364 people
        • Ajax
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ajax have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ajax
          • Ajax is located in Pennington County
        • Stratosphere Bowl
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stratosphere Bowl have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratosphere Bowl
          • Stratosphere Bowl is located in Pennington County
          • Estimated population in 2014: 72 people
        • Hisega
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hisega have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hisega
          • Hisega is located in Pennington County
        • McGee
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McGee have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee
          • McGee is located in Pennington County
        • Big Bend
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
          • Big Bend is located in Pennington County
        • Rockerville
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Johnson Siding
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Siding
          • Johnson Siding is located in Pennington County
          • Population from the 2010 Census: 659 people
        • Pactola ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pactola. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pactola
          • Pactola is located in Pennington County
        • Hayward ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hayward have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
          • Hayward is located in Pennington County
        • Frenchtown ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frenchtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
          • Frenchtown is located in Pennington County
          • Estimated population in 2014: 276 people
        • Harney
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harney have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harney
          • Harney is located in Pennington County
          • Estimated population in 2014: 64 people
        • Sheridan ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sheridan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
          • Sheridan is located in Pennington County
          • Estimated population in 2014: 447 people
        • Creston ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
          • Creston is located in Pennington County
        • Keystone
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Owanka
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Wicksville
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wicksville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wicksville
          • Wicksville is located in Pennington County
        • Silver City
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
          • Silver City is located in Pennington County
          • Estimated population in 2014: 60 people
        • Five Points
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
          • Five Points is located in Pennington County
        • Kennedyville
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kennedyville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedyville
          • Kennedyville is located in Pennington County
        • Canyon City ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canyon City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon City
          • Canyon City is located in Pennington County
        • Hill City
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hill City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
          • Hill City is located in Pennington County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,074 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hill City <4>
        • Fairview ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
          • Fairview is located in Pennington County
          • Estimated population in 2014: 65 people
        • Mystic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic
          • Mystic is located in Pennington County
        • Castleton ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castleton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castleton
          • Castleton is located in Pennington County
        • Redfern
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redfern have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfern
          • Redfern is located in Pennington County
        • Tigerville
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tigerville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerville
          • Tigerville is located in Pennington County
        • Reno
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reno have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
          • Reno is located in Pennington County
  • Custer County
    • County Seat for Custer:   Custer
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Box Elder   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Box Elder.
      • Hermosa
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Folsom
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Folsom have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
        • Folsom is located in Custer County
      • Spokane ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Spokane. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spokane
        • Spokane is located in Custer County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 3,237 people
      • State Game Lodge
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for State Game Lodge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Game Lodge
        • State Game Lodge is located in Custer County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 29 people
      • Fairburn
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairburn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairburn
        • Fairburn is located in Custer County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairburn <4>
      • Sylvan Lake Resort
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sylvan Lake Resort have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan Lake Resort
        • Sylvan Lake Resort is located in Custer County
  • Lawrence County
    • County Website:   www.lawrence.sd.us/
    • County Seat for Lawrence:   Deadwood
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Box Elder   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Box Elder.
      • Nemo
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Channing ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Channing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Channing
        • Channing is located in Lawrence County
      • Tomahawk
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tomahawk have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
        • Tomahawk is located in Lawrence County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 36 people
      • Merritt
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merritt have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merritt
        • Merritt is located in Lawrence County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 175 people
      • Novak
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Novak have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novak
        • Novak is located in Lawrence County
      • Greenwood
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
        • Greenwood is located in Lawrence County
        • Greenwood has also been known as:
        • Laflin
      • Benchmark
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Benchmark have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchmark
        • Benchmark is located in Lawrence County
  • Meade County
    • County Website:   www.meadecounty.org/
    • County Seat for Meade:   Sturgis
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Box Elder   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Box Elder.
      • Bend
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bend
        • Bend is located in Meade County
      • Blackhawk
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Viewfield
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Viewfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viewfield
        • Viewfield is located in Meade County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 44 people
      • Summerset
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Goiens ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goiens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goiens
        • Goiens is located in Meade County
      • Piedmont
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Carwye ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carwye have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carwye
        • Carwye is located in Meade County
      • Hereford
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hereford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hereford
        • Hereford is located in Meade County
      • Tilford
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tilford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilford
        • Tilford is located in Meade County
      • Volunteer
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Volunteer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volunteer
        • Volunteer is located in Meade County
      • Bear Butte
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bear Butte have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Butte
        • Bear Butte is located in Meade County
      • Haydraw
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haydraw have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haydraw
        • Haydraw is located in Meade County
      • Sturgis
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Elm Springs
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Box Elder) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Box Elder. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1194, Longitude: -103.0724       In this case, the coordinates for Box Elder have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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