Nearest Communities to Hecla,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Hecla, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Hecla:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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 starting from Hecla.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Hecla 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 55 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Hecla. Of these communities, 36 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 Hecla (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 Hecla
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Brown County (where Hecla resides)
- County Website: https://www.brown.sd.us/
- County Seat for Brown: Aberdeen
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Hecla ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Hecla.
- Houghton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Claremont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Frederick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Winship
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Winship is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winship
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,862 people
- Huffton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Huffton is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffton
- Estimated population in 2014: 316 people
- Barnard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Putney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Putney is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putney
- Estimated population in 2014: 104 people
- Tacoma Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Tacoma Park is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacoma Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 413 people
- Westport
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ordway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ordway is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ordway
- Estimated population in 2014: 306 people
- Plana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Plana is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plana
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- James
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- James is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Prairie Wood Village Addition
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Bath
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Groton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bath Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bath Corner is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Corner
- Fisher Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fisher Estates is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Estates
- Gederos Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gederos Estates is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gederos Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 212 people
- Clark County
- County Website: https://clark.sdcounties.org/
- County Seat for Clark: Clark
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Hecla ...
- Frisby ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Frisby is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisby
- Day County
- County Website: https://day.sdcounties.org/
- County Seat for Day: Webster
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Hecla ...
- Pierpont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall County
- County Website: https://marshall.sdcounties.org/
- County Seat for Marshall: Britton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Hecla ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Hecla.
- Amherst
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Britton ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- West Britton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Britton
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,368 people
- Newark
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Newark is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Estimated population in 2014: 109 people
- Britton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Kidder
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Kidder is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidder
- Estimated population in 2014: 77 people
- Spain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Spain is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spain
- Population from the 2010 Census: 989 people
- Langford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dickey County
- County Website: https://www.dickeynd.com/
- County Seat for Dickey: Ellendale (ND)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Hecla ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Hecla.
- Eaton ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Eaton is located in Dickey County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton
- Ludden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ludden is located in Dickey County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
- Port Emma ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Port Emma is located in Dickey County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Emma
- Guelph
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Guelph is located in Dickey County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guelph
- Silverleaf
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Silverleaf is located in Dickey County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverleaf
- Hudson ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hudson is located in Dickey County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Norway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Norway is located in Dickey County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
- Oakes
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Clement
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Clement is located in Dickey County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clement
- Ellendale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Duane
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Duane is located in Dickey County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane
- Fullerton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Glover
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Glover is located in Dickey County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Boynton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Boynton is located in Dickey County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
- Keystone ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Keystone is located in Dickey County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Monango
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Monango is located in Dickey County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monango
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Forbes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sargent County
- County Website: http://www.sargentnd.com/
- County Seat for Sargent: Forman (ND)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Hecla ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Hecla.
- Straubville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Straubville is located in Sargent County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straubville
- Brampton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Brampton is located in Sargent County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brampton
- Hample
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hample is located in Sargent County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hample
- Nicholson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nicholson is located in Sargent County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson
- Crete
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Crete is located in Sargent County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crete
- Cogswell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Harlem ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Harlem is located in Sargent County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Havana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Stirum
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stirum is located in Sargent County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirum
- Forman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
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- Hecla) 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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