Nearest Communities to Herrick,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Herrick, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Herrick:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town in the northwest 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 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 west 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Herrick.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Herrick is located in Gregory County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Gregory County: Boyd (NE), Keya Paha (NE), Charles Mix, Lyman & Tripp.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 37 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Herrick. Of these communities, 26 are located in counties other than Gregory 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 Herrick (which is Gregory 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 Herrick
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Gregory County (where Herrick resides)
- County Website: https://gregory.sdcounties.org/
- County Seat for Gregory: Burke
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Herrick ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Herrick.
- Saint Charles
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Burke
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bonesteel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lucas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lucas is located in Gregory County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
- Carlock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Carlock is located in Gregory County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlock
- Gregory
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Gregory
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- East Gregory is located in Gregory County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gregory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Fairfax
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Dallas
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Dixon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dixon is located in Gregory County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Estimated population in 2014: 118 people
- Fort Randall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fort Randall is located in Gregory County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Randall
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,135 people
- Brule County
- County Website: https://www.brulecounty.gov/
- County Seat for Brule: Chamberlain
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Herrick ...
- Bijou Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bijou Hills is located in Brule County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bijou Hills
- Charles Mix County
- County Website: https://charlesmixcounty.gov/
- County Seat for Charles Mix: Lake Andes
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Herrick ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Herrick.
- Wheeler ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Wheeler is located in Charles Mix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Academy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Academy is located in Charles Mix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Academy
- Platte Colony
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Platte Colony is located in Charles Mix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Colony
- Estimated population in 2014: 51 people
- Bovee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bovee is located in Charles Mix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovee
- Platte
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Geddes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Tripp County
- County Website: https://trippcounty.us/
- County Seat for Tripp: Winner
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Herrick ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Herrick.
- Colome
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wewela
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Boyd County
- County Website: https://boydcounty.ne.gov/
- County Seat for Boyd: Butte (NE)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Herrick ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Herrick.
- Naper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Anoka
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Anoka is located in Boyd County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anoka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
- Butte
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Baker ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Baker is located in Boyd County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Spencer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Holt County
- County Website: https://holtcounty.nebraska.gov/
- County Seat for Holt: O'Neill (NE)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Herrick ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Herrick.
- Dustin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Dustin is located in Holt County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dustin
- Cleveland ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cleveland is located in Holt County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Catalpa ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Catalpa is located in Holt County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catalpa
- Wilson Ranch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wilson Ranch is located in Holt County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Ranch
- Anncar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Anncar is located in Holt County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anncar
- Keya Paha County
- County Website: https://keyapahacountyne.gov/
- County Seat for Keya Paha: Springview (NE)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Herrick ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Herrick.
- Jamison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jamison is located in Keya Paha County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Brocksburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brocksburg is located in Keya Paha County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brocksburg
- Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Burton is located in Keya Paha County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9 people
- Carns ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carns is located in Keya Paha County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carns
- Rock County
- County Website: https://www.rockcountynebraska.org/
- County Seat for Rock: Bassett (NE)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Herrick ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Herrick.
- Mariaville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mariaville is located in Rock County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville
- Dyer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dyer is located in Rock County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
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 from Point A (ie- Herrick) 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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