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Nearest Communities to Lily,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Lily.<1>

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

Although our information shows that the community of Lily is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Clark County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Clark County: Beadle, Codington, Day, Hamlin, Kingsbury & Spink.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 41 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Lily. Of these communities, 26 are located in counties other than Clark County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Lily (which is Clark 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 Lily

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

  • Clark County   (where Lily resides)
    • County Website:   https://clark.sdcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Clark:   Clark
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lily   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lily.
      • Crocker
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Bradley
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Julian ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Julian is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julian
      • Garden City
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Gros ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Gros is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gros
      • Clark
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Raymond
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Elrod
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Elrod is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrod
        • Estimated population in 2014: 92 people
      • Huron Colony
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Huron Colony is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Colony
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Merton ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Merton is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merton
          • Estimated population in 2014: 55 people
        • Keefton ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Keefton is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keefton
        • Naples
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Naples is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
        • Carlton ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Carlton is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton
        • Vienna
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Willow Lake
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Brown County
  • Codington County
    • County Website:   https://www.codington.org/
    • County Seat for Codington:   Watertown
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lily   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lily.
      • Wallace
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Henry
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Henry is located in Codington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Henry <4>
      • Florence
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Kampeska
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Kampeska is located in Codington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kampeska
        • Estimated population in 2014: 331 people
      • North Shore
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • North Shore is located in Codington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shore
      • Grover
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Grover is located in Codington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
        • Estimated population in 2014: 171 people
  • Day County
    • County Website:   https://day.sdcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Day:   Webster
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lily   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lily.
      • Lily
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Lily is located in Day County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
        • Estimated population in 2019: 4 people
      • Crandall
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Crandall is located in Day County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall
      • Butler
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Butler is located in Day County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
      • Bristol
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Holmquist
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Holmquist is located in Day County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmquist
        • Estimated population in 2014: 154 people
      • Webster
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Andover
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Waubay
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Pierpont
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Hamlin County
  • Spink County
    • County Website:   https://www.spinkcounty-sd.org/
    • County Seat for Spink:   Redfield
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lily   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lily.
      • Turton
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Conde
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Doland
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Clark Colony
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Clark Colony is located in Spink County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Colony
      • Hillside Colony
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Hillside Colony is located in Spink County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Colony
      • Brentford
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Frankfort
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lily) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lily, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.