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Nearest Communities to Harrison,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.<1>

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

Harrison is located in Douglas County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Douglas County: Aurora, Charles Mix, Davison & Hutchinson.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 38 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Harrison. Of these communities, 29 are located in counties other than Douglas 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 Harrison (which is Douglas 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 Harrison

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

  • Douglas County   (where Harrison resides)
    • County Website:   https://douglas.sdcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Douglas:   Armour
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Harrison   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Harrison.
      • New Holland
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Corsica
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Joubert
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Joubert is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joubert
        • Estimated population in 2014: 126 people
      • Grandview ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Grandview is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
      • Douglas City ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Douglas City is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas City
      • Armour
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Hillside
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Hillside is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
        • Estimated population in 2014: 31 people
      • Delmont
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Greenwood Colony
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Greenwood Colony is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Colony
  • Aurora County
  • Brule County
  • Charles Mix County
    • County Website:   https://charlesmixcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Charles Mix:   Lake Andes
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Harrison   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Harrison.
      • Bovee
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Bovee is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovee
      • Geddes
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Geddes is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geddes
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geddes <3>
      • Platte
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Platte is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,257 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Platte <3>
      • Dezera
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Dezera is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dezera
      • Lake Andes
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Ravinia
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Wheeler ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Wheeler is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
      • Pickstown
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Wagner
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Wagner is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagner
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,537 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wagner <3>
      • Academy
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Academy is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Academy
      • Marty
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Marty is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marty
        • Population from the 2010 Census: 402 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marty <3>
      • Platte Colony
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Platte Colony is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Colony
        • Estimated population in 2014: 51 people
  • Davison County
  • Gregory County
  • Hanson County
  • Hutchinson 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 from Point A (ie- Harrison) 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.