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Nearest Communities to Elrod,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 Elrod.<1>

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

Elrod is located in Clark County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Clark County: Beadle, Codington, Day, Hamlin, Kingsbury & Spink.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 48 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Elrod. Of these communities, 29 are located in counties other than Clark 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 Elrod (which is Clark 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 Elrod

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

  • Clark County   (where Elrod resides)
    • County Website:   https://clark.sdcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Clark:   Clark
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elrod   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elrod.
      • Garden City
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Clark
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Clark is also located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,078 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clark <3>
      • Naples
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Naples is also located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
      • Julian ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Julian was located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julian
      • Vienna
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Bradley
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Lily ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Lily was located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
      • Carlton ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Carlton was located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton
      • Merton ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Merton was located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merton
        • Estimated population in 2014: 55 people
      • Keefton ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Keefton was located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keefton
      • Raymond
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Crocker
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
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        • Willow Lake
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Huron Colony
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Huron Colony is also located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Colony
        • Success ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Success was located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
          • Estimated population in 2014: 6,741 people
        • Gros ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Gros was located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gros
        • Melham
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Melham is also located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melham
        • Carpenter
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Pitrodie ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Pitrodie was located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitrodie
          • Estimated population in 2014: 25 people
  • Codington County
    • County Website:   https://www.codington.org/
    • County Seat for Codington:   Watertown
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elrod   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elrod.
      • Henry
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Henry is located in Codington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Henry <3>
      • Kampeska
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Kampeska is located in Codington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kampeska
        • Estimated population in 2014: 331 people
      • Wallace
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Grover
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Grover is located in Codington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
        • Estimated population in 2014: 171 people
      • Florence
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • North Shore
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • North Shore is located in Codington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shore
      • Foley
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Foley is located in Codington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foley
      • Watertown
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Rauville
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Rauville is located in Codington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rauville
        • Estimated population in 2014: 292 people
      • Appleby
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Appleby is located in Codington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleby
      • Waverly
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Day County
    • County Website:   https://day.sdcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Day:   Webster
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elrod   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elrod.
      • Lily
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Lily is located in Day County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
        • Estimated population in 2019: 4 people
      • Butler
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Butler is located in Day County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
      • Crandall
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Crandall is located in Day County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall
  • Hamlin County
    • County Website:   https://hamlinco.us/
    • County Seat for Hamlin:   Hayti
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elrod   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elrod.
      • Hazel
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Thomas
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Thomas is located in Hamlin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
        • Estimated population in 2014: 290 people
      • Bryant
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Hayti
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Kones Corner
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Kones Corner is located in Hamlin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kones Corner
      • Lake Norden
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Castlewood
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Alsville
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Alsville is located in Hamlin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alsville
  • Kingsbury County
  • Spink County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Elrod) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.