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Nearest Communities to Elm Springs,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

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

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


Elm Springs is located in Meade County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Meade County: Butte, Haakon, Lawrence, Pennington & Ziebach.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 28 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Elm Springs. Of these communities, 14 are located in counties other than Meade 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 Elm Springs (which is Meade 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 Elm Springs

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

  • Meade County   (where Elm Springs resides)
    • County Website:   www.meadecounty.org/
    • County Seat for Meade:   Sturgis
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elm Springs   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elm Springs.
      • Dalzell
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dalzell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalzell
        • Dalzell is located in Meade County
      • Boneita Springs
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boneita Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boneita Springs
        • Boneita Springs is located in Meade County
      • Haydraw
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haydraw have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haydraw
        • Haydraw is located in Meade County
      • Viewfield
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Viewfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viewfield
        • Viewfield is located in Meade County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 44 people
      • Enning
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enning have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enning
        • Enning is located in Meade County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enning <4>
      • Union Center
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Hereford
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hereford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hereford
        • Hereford is located in Meade County
      • White Owl
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Clough
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clough have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clough
        • Clough is located in Meade County
      • Bend
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bend
        • Bend is located in Meade County
      • Red Owl
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Owl
        • Red Owl is located in Meade County
      • Marcus
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Plainview
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
        • Plainview is located in Meade County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 55 people
      • Stoneville
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stoneville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneville
        • Stoneville is located in Meade County
  • Haakon County
    • County Seat for Haakon:   Philip
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elm Springs   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elm Springs.
      • Dowling ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dowling have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowling
        • Dowling is located in Haakon County
      • Grindstone
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grindstone have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grindstone
        • Grindstone is located in Haakon County
  • Pennington County
    • County Website:   www.co.pennington.sd.us/
    • County Seat for Pennington:   Rapid City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elm Springs   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elm Springs.
      • Wicksville
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wicksville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wicksville
        • Wicksville is located in Pennington County
      • Creighton
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Wasta
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wasta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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>
      • Owanka
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Mawl Springs
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mawl Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mawl Springs
        • Mawl Springs is located in Pennington County
      • Pedro
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pedro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedro
        • Pedro is located in Pennington County
      • New Underwood
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Underwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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>
      • Wall
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wall have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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>
      • Creston ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
        • Creston is located in Pennington County
      • Quinn
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quinn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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>
      • Box Elder
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Box Elder have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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>
      • Farmingdale
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farmingdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Elm Springs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Elm Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3117, Longitude: -102.5277    
<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.
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.









 

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