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Nearest Communities to East Gregory,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from East Gregory.<1>

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

East Gregory is located in Gregory County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Gregory County: Boyd (NE), Keya Paha (NE), Charles Mix, Lyman & Tripp.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 44 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of East Gregory. Of these communities, 35 are located in counties other than Gregory 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 East Gregory (which is Gregory 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 East Gregory

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

  • Gregory County   (where East Gregory resides)
    • County Website:   https://gregory.sdcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Gregory:   Burke
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to East Gregory   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from East Gregory.
      • Bonesteel
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Fairfax
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Saint Charles
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Fort Randall
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Fort Randall is located in Gregory County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Randall
        • Estimated population in 2014: 2,135 people
      • Herrick
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Lucas
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Lucas is located in Gregory County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
      • Burke
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Carlock
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Carlock is located in Gregory County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlock
      • Gregory
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Brule County
  • Charles Mix County
    • County Website:   https://charlesmixcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Charles Mix:   Lake Andes
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to East Gregory   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from East Gregory.
      • Wheeler ‑ Historic
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Wheeler is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
      • Geddes
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Geddes is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geddes
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
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      • Bovee
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Bovee is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovee
      • Lake Andes
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Platte
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Platte is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,257 people
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      • Pickstown
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Dezera
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Dezera is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dezera
      • Ravinia
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Academy
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Academy is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Academy
      • Marty
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Marty is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marty
        • Population from the 2010 Census: 402 people
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      • Platte Colony
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Platte Colony is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Colony
        • Estimated population in 2014: 51 people
      • Greenwood
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Greenwood is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
        • Estimated population in 2014: 7 people
      • Wagner
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • 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 <3>
  • Douglas County
  • Boyd County
    • County Website:   https://boydcounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Boyd:   Butte (NE)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to East Gregory   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from East Gregory.
      • Anoka
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Anoka is located in Boyd County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anoka
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
      • Baker ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Baker is located in Boyd County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
      • Butte
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Butte is located in Boyd County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butte
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Butte <3>
      • Naper
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Naper is located in Boyd County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naper
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Naper <3>
      • Gross
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Gross is located in Boyd County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2 people
      • Spencer
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Rosedale ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Rosedale is located in Boyd County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
      • Bristow
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Lynch
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Lynch is located in Boyd County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynch <3>
  • Holt County
    • County Website:   https://holtcounty.nebraska.gov/
    • County Seat for Holt:   O'Neill (NE)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to East Gregory   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from East Gregory.
      • Dustin
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Dustin is located in Holt County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dustin
      • Anncar
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Anncar is located in Holt County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anncar
      • Catalpa ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Catalpa is located in Holt County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catalpa
      • Paddock
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Paddock is located in Holt County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock
      • Cleveland ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Cleveland is located in Holt County (NE)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
  • Keya Paha County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- East Gregory) 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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