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Nearest Communities to Hillside,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 from Hillside.<1>

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

Hillside 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 47 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Hillside. Of these communities, 38 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 Hillside (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 Hillside

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

  • Douglas County   (where Hillside resides)
    • County Website:   https://douglas.sdcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Douglas:   Armour
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hillside   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hillside.
      • Douglas City ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Douglas City is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas City
      • Grandview ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Grandview is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
      • Corsica
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Armour
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Delmont
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Harrison
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Greenwood Colony
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Greenwood Colony is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Colony
      • New Holland
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Joubert
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Joubert is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joubert
        • Estimated population in 2014: 126 people
  • Aurora County
    • County Seat for Aurora:   Plankinton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hillside   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hillside.
      • Stickney
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Aurora Center
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Aurora Center is located in Aurora County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora Center
      • Plankinton
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Storla
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Storla is located in Aurora County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storla
        • Population from the 2010 Census: 6 people
      • White Lake
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Brule County
  • Charles Mix County
    • County Website:   https://charlesmixcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Charles Mix:   Lake Andes
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hillside   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hillside.
      • Dezera
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Dezera is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dezera
      • Ravinia
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Wagner
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • 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>
      • Lake Andes
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Geddes
        (28 miles [45.1 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>
      • Dante
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Dante is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dante
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dante <3>
      • Bovee
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Bovee is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovee
  • Davison County
    • County Website:   https://www.davisoncounty.org/
    • County Seat for Davison:   Mitchell
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hillside   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hillside.
      • Metzgerville
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Metzgerville is located in Davison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metzgerville
      • Ethan
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Betts
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Betts is located in Davison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
      • Mount Vernon
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • River Bluff Addition
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • River Bluff Addition is located in Davison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bluff Addition
        • Estimated population in 2014: 13 people
      • Mitchell
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Loomis
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Hanson County
    • County Website:   https://www.hansoncountysd.gov/
    • County Seat for Hanson:   Alexandria
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hillside   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hillside.
      • Maywood ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Maywood is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
      • Rockport Colony
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Rockport Colony is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport Colony
        • Estimated population in 2014: 32 people
      • Riverside
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Riverside is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
      • Alexandria
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Fulton
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Plano
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Plano is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
        • Estimated population in 2014: 104 people
      • Farwell
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Farwell is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwell
  • Hutchinson County
    • County Seat for Hutchinson:   Olivet
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hillside   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hillside.
      • Dimock
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Parkston
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Beardsley
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Beardsley is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardsley
      • New Elm Springs Colony
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • New Elm Springs Colony is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elm Springs Colony
        • Estimated population in 2014: 600 people
      • Milltown
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Milltown is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
        • Estimated population in 2014: 115 people
      • Tripp
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Tripp is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripp
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 614 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tripp <3>
      • Clayton
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Clayton is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
      • Tschetter Colony
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Tschetter Colony is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tschetter Colony
        • Estimated population in 2014: 80 people
      • Kaylor
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Wolf Creek
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Wolf Creek is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
        • Estimated population in 2014: 195 people
  • Sanborn County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Hillside) 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.