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Nearest Communities to Groton,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

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

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

Groton is located in Brown County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Brown County: Dickey (ND), Sargent (ND), Day, Edmunds, Faulk, Marshall, McPherson & Spink.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 57 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Groton. Of these communities, 22 are located in counties other than Brown 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 Groton (which is Brown 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 Groton

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

  • Brown County   (where Groton resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.brown.sd.us/
    • County Seat for Brown:   Aberdeen
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Groton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Groton.
      • James
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • James is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
      • Putney
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Putney is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putney
        • Estimated population in 2014: 104 people
      • Ferney
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Tacoma Park
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Tacoma Park is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacoma Park
        • Estimated population in 2014: 413 people
      • Bath
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Huffton
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Huffton is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffton
        • Estimated population in 2014: 316 people
      • Plana
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Plana is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plana
      • Bath Corner
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Bath Corner is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Corner
      • Stratford
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Verdon
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Verdon is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdon
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 5 people
      • Jobee Acres
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Jobee Acres is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobee Acres
        • Estimated population in 2014: 15 people
      • Claremont
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Continue List   (23 more) ...
        • Columbia
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Randolph
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
          • Randolph is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
        • Nahon
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
          • Nahon is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahon
        • Prairie Wood Village Addition
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • Prairie Wood Village Addition is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Wood Village Addition
          • Estimated population in 2014: 276 people
        • Ordway
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Ordway is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ordway
          • Estimated population in 2014: 306 people
        • Melrose Addition
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Melrose Addition is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Addition
          • Estimated population in 2014: 221 people
        • Aberdeen
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Fisher Estates
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Fisher Estates is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Estates
        • Gederos Estates
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Gederos Estates is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gederos Estates
          • Estimated population in 2014: 212 people
        • Harlin Addition
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Harlin Addition is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlin Addition
        • Warner
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Richfield Heights
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Richfield Heights is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richfield Heights
        • Houghton
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Rudolph
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Rudolph is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudolph
        • Westport
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Pleasant Vally Development
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Richmond Heights
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Richmond Heights is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Heights
        • Richmond Lake Heights Development
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Bieglers First Addition
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Richmond
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Richmond is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
        • Mansfield
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Barnard
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Hecla
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Clark County
  • Day County
    • County Website:   https://day.sdcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Day:   Webster
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Groton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Groton.
      • Andover
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Pierpont
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Bristol
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Crandall
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Crandall is located in Day County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall
      • Holmquist
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Holmquist is located in Day County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmquist
        • Estimated population in 2014: 154 people
      • Butler
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Butler is located in Day County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
      • Lily
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Lily is located in Day County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
        • Estimated population in 2019: 4 people
      • Roslyn
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Webster
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Marshall County
    • County Website:   https://marshall.sdcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Marshall:   Britton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Groton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Groton.
      • Langford
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Amherst
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Spain
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Spain is located in Marshall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spain
        • Population from the 2010 Census: 989 people
      • West Britton ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • West Britton is located in Marshall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Britton
        • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,368 people
      • Britton
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Spink County

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- Groton) 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.
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