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Nearest Communities to Clayton,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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 starting from Clayton.<1>

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

Clayton is located in Hutchinson County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hutchinson County: Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas, Hanson, McCook, Turner & Yankton.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 54 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Clayton. Of these communities, 41 are located in counties other than Hutchinson 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 Clayton (which is Hutchinson 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 Clayton

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

  • Hutchinson County   (where Clayton resides)
    • County Seat for Hutchinson:   Olivet
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Clayton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Clayton.
      • Tschetter Colony
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Tschetter Colony is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tschetter Colony
        • Estimated population in 2014: 80 people
      • Wolf Creek
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Wolf Creek is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
        • Estimated population in 2014: 195 people
      • Milltown
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Milltown is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
        • Estimated population in 2014: 115 people
      • New Elm Springs Colony
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • New Elm Springs Colony is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elm Springs Colony
        • Estimated population in 2014: 600 people
      • Freeman
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Menno
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Menno is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 615 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Menno <3>
      • Olivet
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Dimock
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Parkston
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Maxwell Colony
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Maxwell Colony is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell Colony
      • Beardsley
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Beardsley is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardsley
      • Kaylor
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Tripp
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Tripp is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripp
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 614 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tripp <3>
  • Bon Homme County
  • Davison County
  • Douglas County
  • Hanson County
    • County Website:   https://www.hansoncountysd.gov/
    • County Seat for Hanson:   Alexandria
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Clayton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Clayton.
      • Emery
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Rockport Colony
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Rockport Colony is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport Colony
        • Estimated population in 2014: 32 people
      • Alexandria
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Maywood ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Maywood is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
      • Farmer
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Farmer is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 11 people
      • Fulton
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Riverside
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Riverside is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
      • Epiphany
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Epiphany is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epiphany
        • Estimated population in 2014: 103 people
      • Plano
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Plano is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
        • Estimated population in 2014: 104 people
      • Farwell
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Farwell is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwell
  • McCook County
    • County Website:   https://www.mccookcountysd.com/
    • County Seat for McCook:   Salem
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Clayton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Clayton.
      • Bridgewater
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Stanley Corner
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Stanley Corner is located in McCook County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley Corner
      • Spencer
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Canistota
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Salem
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Salem is located in McCook County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
      • Salem
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Rumpus Ridge
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Rumpus Ridge is located in McCook County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumpus Ridge
      • Unityville
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Unityville is located in McCook County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unityville
        • Estimated population in 2014: 52 people
      • Montrose
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Minnehaha County
  • Turner County
    • County Website:   https://turner.sdcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Turner:   Parker
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Clayton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Clayton.
      • Dolton
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Dolton is located in Turner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolton
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
      • Marion
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Monroe
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Turkey Ridge
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Turkey Ridge is located in Turner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Ridge
      • Pearsons Corner
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Pearsons Corner is located in Turner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearsons Corner
      • Spring Valley
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Spring Valley is located in Turner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
      • Parker
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Hurley
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Yankton County
    • County Website:   http://www.co.yankton.sd.us/
    • County Seat for Yankton:   Yankton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Clayton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Clayton.
      • Jamesville
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Jamesville is located in Yankton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesville
        • Estimated population in 2014: 232 people
      • Midway
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Midway is located in Yankton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Lesterville
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Vedin Corner
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Vedin Corner is located in Yankton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vedin Corner
      • Mayfield
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Mayfield is located in Yankton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
        • Estimated population in 2014: 208 people

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Clayton) 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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