Nearest Communities to Florence,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Florence, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Florence:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Florence.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Florence is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Hand County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hand County: Beadle, Buffalo, Faulk, Hyde, Jerauld & Spink.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 27 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Florence. Of these communities, 17 are located in counties other than Hand 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 Florence (which is Hand 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 Florence
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Hand County (where Florence resides)
- County Seat for Hand: Miller
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Hand County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Hand County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Hand County
- Nearest Communities to Florence ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Florence.
- Polo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Burdette
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Miller
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- Miller is located in Hand County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miller <5>
- Saint Lawrence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Lawrence have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Lawrence
- Saint Lawrence is located in Hand County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Lawrence <5>
- Vayland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast) - Ree Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ree Heights
- Ree Heights is located in Hand County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ree Heights <5>
- Miller Dale Colony
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miller Dale Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Dale Colony
- Miller Dale Colony is located in Hand County
- Sweetland ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south) - Ames
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames
- Ames is located in Hand County
- Danforth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Beadle County
- County Website: www.beadlecounty.org/
- County Seat for Beadle: Huron
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Beadle County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Beadle County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Beadle County
- Nearest Communities to Florence ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Florence.
- Wessington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wessington have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wessington
- Wessington is located in Beadle County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wessington <5>
- Bonilla
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonilla
- Bonilla is located in Beadle County
- Hitchcock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hitchcock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitchcock
- Hitchcock is located in Beadle County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hitchcock <5>
- Faulk County
- County Seat for Faulk: Faulkton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Faulk County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Faulk County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Faulk County
- Nearest Communities to Florence ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Florence.
- Orient
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient
- Orient is located in Faulk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orient <5>
- Rockham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockham have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockham
- Rockham is located in Faulk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockham <5>
- Miranda
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miranda
- Miranda is located in Faulk County
- Estimated population in 2014: 122 people
- Zell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast) - Faulkton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faulkton
- Faulkton is located in Faulk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 708 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Faulkton <5>
- Devoe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north) - Burkmere
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hyde County
- County Seat for Hyde: Highmore
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Hyde County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Hyde County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Hyde County
- Nearest Communities to Florence ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Florence.
- Bramhall ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest) - Highmore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmore
- Highmore is located in Hyde County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 712 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Highmore <5>
- Spink County
- County Seat for Spink: Redfield
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Spink County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Spink County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Spink County
- Nearest Communities to Florence ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Florence.
- Spottswood
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Spottswood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottswood
- Spottswood is located in Spink County
- Tulare
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tulare have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulare
- Tulare is located in Spink County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tulare <5>
- Crandon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east) - Redfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Redfield is located in Spink County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,249 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Redfield <5>
- Athol
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
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- Florence) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Florence. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6916, Longitude: -98.9893 In this case, the coordinates for Florence have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Florence, 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> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |