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Nearest Communities to Bruce,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.<1>

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

Bruce is located in Brookings County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Brookings County: Lincoln (MN), Deuel, Hamlin, Kingsbury, Lake & Moody.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 50 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bruce. Of these communities, 37 are located in counties other than Brookings 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 Bruce (which is Brookings 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 Bruce

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

  • Brookings County   (where Bruce resides)
    • County Website:   www.brookingscountysd.gov/
    • County Seat for Brookings:   Brookings
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bruce   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bruce.
      • North Grove Addition
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Grove Addition have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove Addition
        • North Grove Addition is located in Brookings County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 471 people
      • Volga
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Sunnyview
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Brookings
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • White
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
        • White is located in Brookings County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White <4>
      • Arlington Beach
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arlington Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Beach
        • Arlington Beach is located in Brookings County
      • Ahnberg
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ahnberg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ahnberg
        • Ahnberg is located in Brookings County
      • Aurora
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aurora have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
        • Aurora is located in Brookings County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 866 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aurora <4>
      • Bushnell
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Sinai
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sinai have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinai
        • Sinai is located in Brookings County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sinai <4>
      • Medary
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Medary have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medary
        • Medary is located in Brookings County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 1,442 people
      • Hillside Colony
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillside Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Colony
        • Hillside Colony is located in Brookings County
      • Elkton
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Codington County
    • County Website:   www.codington.org/
    • County Seat for Codington:   Watertown
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bruce   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bruce.
      • Appleby
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Kranzburg
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kranzburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kranzburg
        • Kranzburg is located in Codington County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kranzburg <4>
      • Foley
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foley
        • Foley is located in Codington County
  • Deuel County
    • County Seat for Deuel:   Clear Lake
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bruce   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bruce.
      • Johnsonville
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Toronto
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Astoria
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Astoria have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
        • Astoria is located in Deuel County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Astoria <4>
      • Brandt
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brandt have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandt
        • Brandt is located in Deuel County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brandt <4>
      • Clear Lake
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Bemis
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Altamont
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Altamont have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
        • Altamont is located in Deuel County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
      • Goodwin
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goodwin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwin
        • Goodwin is located in Deuel County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goodwin <4>
  • Hamlin County
  • Kingsbury County
  • Lake County
    • County Seat for Lake:   Madison
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bruce   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bruce.
      • Nunda
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nunda have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunda
        • Nunda is located in Lake County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nunda <4>
      • Prairie Queen ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Queen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Queen
        • Prairie Queen is located in Lake County
      • Rutland
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Ramona
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ramona have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramona
        • Ramona is located in Lake County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ramona <4>
      • Wentworth
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Moody County
    • County Seat for Moody:   Flandreau
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bruce   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bruce.
      • Dyce ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dyce. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyce
        • Dyce is located in Moody County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Dyce
        • From Bruce to Dyce
      • Ward
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ward have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward
        • Ward is located in Moody County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ward <4>
      • Flandreau
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flandreau have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flandreau
        • Flandreau is located in Moody County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,293 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flandreau <4>
  • Lincoln County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Bruce) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bruce. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4382, Longitude: -96.8903    
<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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