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Nearest Communities to Fort Thompson,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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 from Fort Thompson.<1>

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

Fort Thompson is located in Buffalo County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Buffalo County: Brule, Hand, Hyde, Jerauld & Lyman.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 24 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Fort Thompson. Of these communities, 20 are located in counties other than Buffalo 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 Fort Thompson (which is Buffalo 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 Fort Thompson

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

  • Buffalo County   (where Fort Thompson resides)
    • County Seat for Buffalo:   Gann Valley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Fort Thompson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Fort Thompson.
      • Lees Corner
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lees Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Corner
        • Lees Corner is located in Buffalo County
      • Crow Creek
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crow Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Creek
        • Crow Creek is located in Buffalo County
      • Shelby
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelby have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
        • Shelby is located in Buffalo County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 96 people
      • Gann Valley
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Brule County
    • County Seat for Brule:   Chamberlain
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Fort Thompson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Fort Thompson.
      • Grosse
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grosse have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grosse
        • Grosse is located in Brule County
      • Chamberlain
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chamberlain have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlain
        • Chamberlain is located in Brule County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,348 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chamberlain <4>
      • Pukwana
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pukwana have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pukwana
        • Pukwana is located in Brule County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pukwana <4>
      • Lyonville
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyonville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonville
        • Lyonville is located in Brule County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 49 people
      • Grandview
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grandview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
        • Grandview is located in Brule County
  • Hand County
    • County Seat for Hand:   Miller
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Fort Thompson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Fort Thompson.
      • Ames
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames
        • Ames is located in Hand County
      • Miller Dale Colony
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miller Dale Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweetland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetland
        • Sweetland is located in Hand County
      • Danforth
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Danforth have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danforth
        • Danforth is located in Hand County
  • Hughes County
  • Hyde County
    • County Seat for Hyde:   Highmore
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Fort Thompson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Fort Thompson.
      • Macs Corner
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macs Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macs Corner
        • Macs Corner is located in Hyde County
      • Stephan
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jerauld County
  • Lyman County
    • County Seat for Lyman:   Kennebec
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Fort Thompson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Fort Thompson.
      • Council House
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Council House have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council House
        • Council House is located in Lyman County
      • Lower Brule
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Brule have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Brule
        • Lower Brule is located in Lyman County
        • Population from the 2010 Census: 24 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lower Brule <4>
      • East Lyman
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Lyman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lyman
        • East Lyman is located in Lyman County
        • Estimated population in 2019: 145 people
      • Reliance
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reliance have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
        • Reliance is located in Lyman County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reliance <4>
      • Oacoma
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oacoma have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oacoma
        • Oacoma is located in Lyman County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oacoma <4>
      • Lyman
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
        • Lyman is located in Lyman County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 43 people
      • Kennebec
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)

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- Fort Thompson) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fort Thompson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0686, Longitude: -99.4379       In this case, the coordinates for Fort Thompson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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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