Nearest Communities to Buffalo Gap,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Buffalo Gap, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Buffalo Gap:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Buffalo Gap is located in Custer County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Custer County: Fall River, Oglala Lakota, Pennington, Niobrara (WY) & Weston (WY).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 37 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Buffalo Gap. Of these communities, 19 are located in counties other than Custer 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 Buffalo Gap (which is Custer 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 Buffalo Gap
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Custer County (where Buffalo Gap resides)
- County Seat for Custer: Custer
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Custer County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Custer County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Custer County
- Nearest Communities to Buffalo Gap ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Buffalo Gap.
- Cold Spring II ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Spring II have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring II
- Cold Spring II is located in Custer County
- Fairburn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- 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>
- Pringle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pringle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
- Pringle is located in Custer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pringle <4>
- Argyle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west) - Blue Bell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest) - Nihart
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest) - State Game Lodge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- 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
- Ivanhoe ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west) - Sanator
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest) - Custer
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Custer is located in Custer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,926 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Custer <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Custer
- From Buffalo Gap to Custer
- Hermosa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermosa
- Hermosa is located in Custer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 409 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hermosa <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Hermosa
- From Buffalo Gap to Hermosa
- Spokane ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- 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
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Spokane
- From Buffalo Gap to Spokane
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- Fourmile
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest) - Berne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest) - Sylvan Lake Resort
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- 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
- Danoby ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest) - Vestal Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vestal Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vestal Springs
- Vestal Springs is located in Custer County
- Junction Ranger Station
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Junction Ranger Station have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction Ranger Station
- Junction Ranger Station is located in Custer County
- Fourmile
- Fall River County
- County Seat for Fall River: Hot Springs
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Fall River County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Fall River County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Fall River County
- Nearest Communities to Buffalo Gap ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Buffalo Gap.
- Oral
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oral have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oral
- Oral is located in Fall River County
- Estimated population in 2014: 206 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oral <4>
- Hot Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
- Hot Springs is located in Fall River County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,502 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hot Springs <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Hot Springs
- From Buffalo Gap to Hot Springs
- Smithwick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithwick
- Smithwick is located in Fall River County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smithwick <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Smithwick
- From Buffalo Gap to Smithwick
- Erskine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Erskine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erskine
- Erskine is located in Fall River County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Erskine
- From Buffalo Gap to Erskine
- Cascade Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cascade Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Springs
- Cascade Springs is located in Fall River County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Cascade Springs
- From Buffalo Gap to Cascade Springs
- Minnekahta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minnekahta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnekahta
- Minnekahta is located in Fall River County
- Heppner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest) - Rocky Ford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Rocky Ford is located in Fall River County
- Estimated population in 2014: 6 people
- Oelrichs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oelrichs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oelrichs
- Oelrichs is located in Fall River County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 124 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oelrichs <4>
- Dudley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest) - Edgemont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgemont have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont
- Edgemont is located in Fall River County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 718 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edgemont <4>
- Oglala Lakota County
- County Website: oglalalakota.sdcounties.org/
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Oglala Lakota County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Oglala Lakota County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Oglala Lakota County
- Nearest Communities to Buffalo Gap ...
- Pennington County
- County Website: www.co.pennington.sd.us/
- County Seat for Pennington: Rapid City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Pennington County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Pennington County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Pennington County
- Nearest Communities to Buffalo Gap ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Buffalo Gap.
- Hayward ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north) - Frenchtown ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north) - Ajax
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north) - Keystone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Keystone is located in Pennington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keystone <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Keystone
- From Buffalo Gap to Keystone
- Clara Belle Camp ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clara Belle Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara Belle Camp
- Clara Belle Camp is located in Pennington County
- Oreville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
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- Buffalo Gap) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Buffalo Gap. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4928, Longitude: -103.3140 |
| <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. |