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Nearest Communities to Douglas City,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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.<1>

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

Although our information shows that the community of Douglas City is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Douglas County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Douglas County: Aurora, Charles Mix, Davison & Hutchinson.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 43 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Douglas City. Of these communities, 34 are located in counties other than Douglas 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 Douglas City (which is Douglas 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 Douglas City

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

  • Douglas County   (where Douglas City resides)
    • County Website:   https://douglas.sdcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Douglas:   Armour
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Douglas City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Douglas City.
      • Grandview ‑ Historic
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Grandview was located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
      • Armour
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • Armour is also located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armour
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Armour <4>
      • Corsica
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Hillside
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Hillside is also located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
        • Estimated population in 2014: 31 people
      • Delmont
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Harrison
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Greenwood Colony
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Greenwood Colony is also located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Colony
      • New Holland
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Joubert
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Joubert is also located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joubert
        • Estimated population in 2014: 126 people
  • Aurora County
  • Bon Homme County
  • Brule County
  • Charles Mix County
    • County Website:   https://charlesmixcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Charles Mix:   Lake Andes
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Douglas City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Douglas City.
      • Ravinia
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Dezera
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Dezera is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dezera
      • Lake Andes
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Wagner
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Wagner is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagner
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,537 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wagner <4>
      • Geddes
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Geddes is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geddes
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geddes <4>
      • Bovee
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Bovee is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovee
      • Dante
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Dante is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dante
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dante <4>
      • Pickstown
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Platte
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Platte is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,257 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Platte <4>
      • Marty
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Marty is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marty
        • Population from the 2010 Census: 402 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marty <4>
      • Wheeler ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Wheeler was located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
  • Davison County
    • County Website:   https://www.davisoncounty.org/
    • County Seat for Davison:   Mitchell
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Douglas City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Douglas City.
      • Metzgerville
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Metzgerville is located in Davison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metzgerville
      • Ethan
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Mount Vernon
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Betts
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Betts is located in Davison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
      • Mitchell
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • River Bluff Addition
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • River Bluff Addition is located in Davison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bluff Addition
        • Estimated population in 2014: 13 people
      • Loomis
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Gregory County
  • Hanson County
  • Hutchinson County
    • County Seat for Hutchinson:   Olivet
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Douglas City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Douglas City.
      • Parkston
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Beardsley
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Beardsley is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardsley
      • Dimock
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Tripp
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • 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 <4>
      • Milltown
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Milltown is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
        • Estimated population in 2014: 115 people
      • New Elm Springs Colony
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • 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
      • Kaylor
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)

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 from Point A (ie- Douglas City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Douglas City, 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.