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 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.
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 ...
- 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 Elm Springs ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Elm Springs.
- Dalzell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - 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) - Viewfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Viewfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viewfield
- Viewfield is located in Meade County
- Estimated population in 2014: 44 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Viewfield
- From Elm Springs to Viewfield
- 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 <5>
- Union Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Union Center is located in Meade County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union Center <5>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Union Center
- From Elm Springs to Union Center
- Hereford
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - White Owl
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Owl
- White Owl is located in Meade County
- Estimated population in 2014: 373 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Owl <5>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to White Owl
- From Elm Springs to White Owl
- Clough
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest) - Bend
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west) - 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
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Red Owl
- From Elm Springs to Red Owl
- Marcus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Marcus is located in Meade County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marcus <5>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Marcus
- From Elm Springs to Marcus
- Plainview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast) - 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 ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Haakon County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Haakon County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Haakon County
- 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) - 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 ...
- 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 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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creighton
- Creighton is located in Pennington County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Creighton <5>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Creighton
- From Elm Springs to Creighton
- 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 <5>
- Owanka
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- 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 <5>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Owanka
- From Elm Springs to Owanka
- 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) - 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 <5>
- 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 <5>
- Creston ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Creston is located in Pennington County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Creston
- From Elm Springs to Creston
- 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 <5>
- 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 <5>
- 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |