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Nearest Communities to Clark Colony,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

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.

Clark Colony is located in Spink County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Spink County: Beadle, Brown, Clark, Day, Edmunds, Faulk & Hand.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 53 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Clark Colony. Of these communities, 38 are located in counties other than Spink 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 Clark Colony (which is Spink 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 Clark Colony

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

  • Spink County   (where Clark Colony resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.spinkcounty-sd.org/
    • County Seat for Spink:   Redfield
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Clark Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Clark Colony.
      • Hillside Colony
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Hillside Colony is located in Spink County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Colony
      • Doland
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • LaDelle
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • LaDelle is located in Spink County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaDelle
      • Bloomfield
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Bloomfield is located in Spink County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
      • Glendale Colony
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Glendale Colony is located in Spink County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale Colony
      • Spink Colony
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Spink Colony is located in Spink County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spink Colony
        • Estimated population in 2014: 155 people
      • Frankfort
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Turton
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Crandon
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Crandon is located in Spink County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandon
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Conde
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Redfield
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Tulare
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Spottswood
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Spottswood is located in Spink County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottswood
        • Ashton
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Brentford
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Beadle County
    • County Website:   https://www.beadlesd.org/
    • County Seat for Beadle:   Huron
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Clark Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Clark Colony.
      • Huron Colony
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Huron Colony is located in Beadle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Colony
        • Estimated population in 2014: 403 people
      • Riverside Colony
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Riverside Colony is located in Beadle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Colony
      • Hitchcock
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Yale
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Sheffield
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Sheffield is located in Beadle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
      • Broadland
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Broadland is located in Beadle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadland
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
      • Cavour
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Bonilla
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Bonilla is located in Beadle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonilla
      • Morningside
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Morningside is located in Beadle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningside
  • Clark County
    • County Website:   https://clark.sdcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Clark:   Clark
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Clark Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Clark Colony.
      • Huron Colony
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Huron Colony is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Colony
      • Merton ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Merton is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merton
        • Estimated population in 2014: 55 people
      • Keefton ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Keefton is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keefton
      • Raymond
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Carlton ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Carlton is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton
      • Carpenter
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Clark
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Pitrodie ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Pitrodie is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitrodie
        • Estimated population in 2014: 25 people
      • Julian ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Julian is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julian
      • Gros ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Gros is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gros
      • Willow Lake
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Elrod
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Elrod is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrod
        • Estimated population in 2014: 92 people
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
        • Melham
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Melham is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melham
        • Garden City
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Lily ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Lily is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
        • Naples
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Naples is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
        • Crocker
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Vienna
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Bradley
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Success ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Success is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
          • Estimated population in 2014: 6,741 people
  • Codington County
  • Day County
  • Hamlin County
  • Kingsbury County
    • County Website:   https://kingsburycountysd.org/
    • County Seat for Kingsbury:   De Smet
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Clark Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Clark Colony.
      • Osceola
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Osceola is located in Kingsbury County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
        • Estimated population in 2014: 90 people
      • Bancroft
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Bancroft is located in Kingsbury County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
      • Iroquois
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Fairview ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Fairview is located in Kingsbury County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview

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- Clark Colony) 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.
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