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Nearest Communities to Huron Colony,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Huron Colony.<1>

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

Huron Colony is located in Beadle County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Beadle County: Clark, Hand, Jerauld, Kingsbury, Miner, Sanborn & Spink.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 44 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Huron Colony. Of these communities, 30 are located in counties other than Beadle 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 Huron Colony (which is Beadle 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 Huron Colony

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

  • Beadle County   (where Huron Colony resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.beadlesd.org/
    • County Seat for Beadle:   Huron
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Huron Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Huron Colony.
      • Riverside Colony
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Riverside Colony is located in Beadle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Colony
      • Broadland
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Broadland is located in Beadle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadland
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
      • Hitchcock
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Sheffield
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Sheffield is located in Beadle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
      • Huron
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Huron is located in Beadle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,420 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huron <3>
      • James Valley Junction
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Morningside
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Morningside is located in Beadle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningside
      • Yale
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Bonilla
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Bonilla is located in Beadle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonilla
      • Cavour
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Wolsey
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Pearl Creek Colony
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Pearl Creek Colony is located in Beadle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl Creek Colony
      • Virgil
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Wessington
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Clark County
    • County Website:   https://clark.sdcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Clark:   Clark
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Huron Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Huron Colony.
      • Carpenter
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Pitrodie ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Pitrodie is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitrodie
        • Estimated population in 2014: 25 people
      • Huron Colony
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Huron Colony is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Colony
      • Carlton ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Carlton is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton
      • Keefton ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Keefton is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keefton
      • Merton ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Merton is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merton
        • Estimated population in 2014: 55 people
      • Melham
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Melham is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melham
      • Raymond
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Willow Lake
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Hand County
  • Jerauld County
  • Kingsbury County
    • County Website:   https://kingsburycountysd.org/
    • County Seat for Kingsbury:   De Smet
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Huron Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Huron Colony.
      • Osceola
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Osceola is located in Kingsbury County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
        • Estimated population in 2014: 90 people
      • Iroquois
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Bancroft
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Bancroft is located in Kingsbury County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
      • Fairview ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Fairview is located in Kingsbury County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • Manchester
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Manchester is located in Kingsbury County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
        • Estimated population in 2014: 65 people
      • Esmond
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Esmond is located in Kingsbury County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
        • Estimated population in 2014: 60 people
  • Spink County
    • County Website:   https://www.spinkcounty-sd.org/
    • County Seat for Spink:   Redfield
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Huron Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Huron Colony.
      • Bloomfield
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Bloomfield is located in Spink County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
      • LaDelle
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • LaDelle is located in Spink County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaDelle
      • Spink Colony
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Spink Colony is located in Spink County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spink Colony
        • Estimated population in 2014: 155 people
      • Hillside Colony
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Hillside Colony is located in Spink County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Colony
      • Spottswood
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Spottswood is located in Spink County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottswood
      • Glendale Colony
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Glendale Colony is located in Spink County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale Colony
      • Clark Colony
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Clark Colony is located in Spink County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Colony
      • Crandon
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Crandon is located in Spink County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandon
      • Tulare
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Frankfort
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Doland
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Redfield
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)

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- Huron Colony) 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.