Nearest Communities to Creston,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Creston, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Creston:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 from Creston.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Creston is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Pennington 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 32 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Creston. Of these communities, 7 are located in counties other than Pennington County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Creston (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 Creston
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Pennington County (where Creston resides)
- 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 Creston ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Creston.
- Owanka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owanka
- Owanka is located in Pennington County
- Estimated population in 2014: 29 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Owanka <4>
- Farmingdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farmingdale have been provided by the GNIS.<5> 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
- Scenic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic
- Scenic is located in Pennington County
- Estimated population in 2014: 60 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scenic <4>
- Wicksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wicksville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wicksville
- Wicksville is located in Pennington County
- Mawl Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mawl Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mawl Springs
- Mawl Springs is located in Pennington County
- New Underwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Underwood have been provided by the GNIS.<5> 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>
- Caputa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caputa
- Caputa is located in Pennington County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caputa <4>
- Wasta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wasta have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasta
- Wasta is located in Pennington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wasta <4>
- Imlay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast) - Green Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<5> 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
- Warbonnet
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west) - Wall
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wall have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall
- Wall is located in Pennington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 885 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wall <4>
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- Box Elder
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Box Elder have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Elder
- Box Elder is located in Pennington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,564 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Box Elder <4>
- Murphy
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest) - Rapid Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rapid Valley
- Rapid Valley is located in Pennington County
- Population from the 2010 Census: 8,260 people
- Ajax
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west) - Twilight Hills Addition
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twilight Hills Addition have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight Hills Addition
- Twilight Hills Addition is located in Pennington County
- Ashland Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashland Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Heights
- Ashland Heights is located in Pennington County
- Quinn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quinn have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinn
- Quinn is located in Pennington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quinn <4>
- Rapid City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rapid City
- Rapid City is located in Pennington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78,864 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rapid City <4>
- Conata
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast) - Sioux Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sioux Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> 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
- Gossage Memorial
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gossage Memorial have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossage Memorial
- Gossage Memorial is located in Pennington County
- Arrowhead Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arrowhead Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Estates
- Arrowhead Estates is located in Pennington County
- Wildwood Addition
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildwood Addition have been provided by the GNIS.<5> 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
- Box Elder
- Custer County
- 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 Creston ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Creston.
- Folsom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Hermosa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hermosa have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- 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>
- Fairburn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairburn have been provided by the GNIS.<5> 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>
- Meade County
- County Website: www.meadecounty.org/
- County Seat for Meade: Sturgis
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Meade County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Meade County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Meade County
- Nearest Communities to Creston ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Creston.
- Viewfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north) - Bend
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest) - Elm Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Springs
- Elm Springs is located in Meade County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elm Springs <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 Creston ...
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 from Point A (ie- Creston) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Creston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9119, Longitude: -102.6959 |
| <2> | 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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Creston, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |