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Nearest Communities to Manchester,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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 starting from Manchester.<1>

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

Manchester is located in Kingsbury County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Kingsbury County: Beadle, Brookings, Clark, Hamlin, Lake, Miner & Sanborn.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 47 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Manchester. Of these communities, 35 are located in counties other than Kingsbury 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 Manchester (which is Kingsbury 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 Manchester

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

  • Kingsbury County   (where Manchester resides)
    • County Website:   https://kingsburycountysd.org/
    • County Seat for Kingsbury:   De Smet
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Manchester   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Manchester.
      • Fairview ‑ Historic
        (Less than 2 miles to the north)
        • Fairview is located in Kingsbury County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • Iroquois
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Esmond
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Esmond is located in Kingsbury County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
        • Estimated population in 2014: 60 people
      • De Smet
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Bancroft
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Bancroft is located in Kingsbury County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
      • Osceola
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Osceola is located in Kingsbury County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
        • Estimated population in 2014: 90 people
      • Erwin
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake Preston
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Oldham
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Hetland
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Badger
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Arlington
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Beadle County
    • County Website:   https://www.beadlesd.org/
    • County Seat for Beadle:   Huron
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Manchester   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Manchester.
      • Pearl Creek Colony
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Pearl Creek Colony is located in Beadle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl Creek Colony
      • Yale
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Cavour
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Sheffield
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Sheffield is located in Beadle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
      • Riverside Colony
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Riverside Colony is located in Beadle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Colony
      • Morningside
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Morningside is located in Beadle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningside
      • Huron
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • 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>
      • Huron Colony
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Huron Colony is located in Beadle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Colony
        • Estimated population in 2014: 403 people
      • James Valley Junction
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Clark County
    • County Website:   https://clark.sdcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Clark:   Clark
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Manchester   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Manchester.
      • Melham
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Melham is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melham
      • Pitrodie ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Pitrodie is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitrodie
        • Estimated population in 2014: 25 people
      • Success ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Success is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
        • Estimated population in 2014: 6,741 people
      • Willow Lake
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Carpenter
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Carlton ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Carlton is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton
      • Vienna
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Keefton ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Keefton is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keefton
      • Merton ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Merton is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merton
        • Estimated population in 2014: 55 people
      • Huron Colony
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Huron Colony is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Colony
      • Naples
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Naples is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
  • Hamlin County
  • Lake County
  • Miner County
    • County Website:   https://www.minercountysd.org/
    • County Seat for Miner:   Howard
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Manchester   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Manchester.
      • Carthage
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Cloverleaf Colony
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Cloverleaf Colony is located in Miner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverleaf Colony
      • Argonne
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Argonne is located in Miner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argonne
      • Fedora
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Roswell
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Roswell is located in Miner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roswell
        • Estimated population in 2014: 70 people
      • Vilas
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Vilas is located in Miner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vilas
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
      • Howard
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Sanborn County
  • Spink County

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- Manchester) 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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