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Nearest Communities to Medary,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

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

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

Medary is located in Brookings County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Brookings County: Lincoln (MN), Deuel, Hamlin, Kingsbury, Lake & Moody.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 60 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Medary. Of these communities, 47 are located in counties other than Brookings 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 Medary (which is Brookings 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 Medary

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

  • Brookings County   (where Medary resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.brookingscountysd.gov/
    • County Seat for Brookings:   Brookings
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Medary   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Medary.
      • Brookings
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Aurora
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Sunnyview
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Sunnyview is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyview
        • Estimated population in 2014: 17 people
      • Bushnell
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Bushnell is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
      • Volga
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Volga is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volga
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,080 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Volga <3>
      • Sinai
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Sinai is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinai
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sinai <3>
      • Hillside Colony
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Hillside Colony is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Colony
      • Ahnberg
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Ahnberg is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ahnberg
      • Elkton
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • North Grove Addition
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • North Grove Addition is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove Addition
        • Estimated population in 2014: 471 people
      • Bruce
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Bruce is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bruce <3>
      • White
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • White is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White <3>
      • Arlington Beach
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Arlington Beach is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Beach
  • Deuel County
  • Hamlin County
    • County Website:   https://hamlinco.us/
    • County Seat for Hamlin:   Hayti
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Medary   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Medary.
      • Estelline
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Dempster
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Dempster is located in Hamlin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dempster
      • Alsville
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Alsville is located in Hamlin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alsville
      • Stone Bridge
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Stone Bridge is located in Hamlin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bridge
        • Estimated population in 2014: 105 people
  • Kingsbury County
  • Lake County
    • County Website:   http://www.lake.sd.gov/
    • County Seat for Lake:   Madison
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Medary   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Medary.
      • Nunda
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Prairie Queen ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Prairie Queen is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Queen
      • Rutland
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Wentworth
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Chautauqua
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Chautauqua is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua
      • Brant Lake
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Brant Lake is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brant Lake
      • Madison
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Peninsula Park
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Peninsula Park is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peninsula Park
        • Estimated population in 2014: 32 people
      • Smiths Park
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Smiths Park is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Park
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Chester
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Ramona
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Prairie Village
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Prairie Village is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Village
          • Estimated population in 2014: 18 people
        • Franklin
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Franklin is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
          • Estimated population in 2014: 333 people
        • Junius
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Junius is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junius
        • Orland ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Orland is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orland
  • Minnehaha County
  • Moody County
    • County Website:   https://www.moodycounty.net/
    • County Seat for Moody:   Flandreau
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Medary   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Medary.
      • Dyce ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Dyce is located in Moody County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyce
      • Flandreau
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Colman
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Egan
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Ward
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Lone Tree
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Lone Tree is located in Moody County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
        • Estimated population in 2014: 14 people
      • Sioux Falls Junction
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Sioux Falls Junction is located in Moody County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux Falls Junction
        • Estimated population in 2014: 119 people
      • Trent
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Lincoln County
  • Pipestone County
    • County Website:   https://www.pipestone-county.com/
    • County Seat for Pipestone:   Pipestone (MN)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Medary   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Medary.
      • Cresson
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Cresson is located in Pipestone County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresson
      • Airlie
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Airlie is located in Pipestone County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airlie
      • Cazenovia
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Cazenovia is located in Pipestone County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cazenovia
      • Pipestone
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Pipestone is located in Pipestone County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipestone
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,039 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pipestone <3>
      • Ihlen
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Ihlen is located in Pipestone County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ihlen
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ihlen <3>
      • Holland
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Holland is located in Pipestone County (MN)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people

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- Medary) 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.