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Nearest Communities to Mellette,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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

Mellette is located in Spink County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Spink County: Beadle, Brown, Clark, Day, Edmunds, Faulk & Hand.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 56 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Mellette. Of these communities, 41 are located in counties other than Spink 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 Mellette (which is Spink 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 Mellette

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

  • Spink County   (where Mellette resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.spinkcounty-sd.org/
    • County Seat for Spink:   Redfield
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Mellette   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Mellette.
      • Northville
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Gallup
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Gallup is located in Spink County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallup
      • Duxbury
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Duxbury is located in Spink County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duxbury
        • Estimated population in 2014: 531 people
      • Brentford
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Ashton
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Athol
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Athol is located in Spink County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol
      • Conde
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Redfield
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Turton
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Frankfort
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Crandon
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Crandon is located in Spink County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandon
        • Doland
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Glendale Colony
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Glendale Colony is located in Spink County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale Colony
        • Tulare
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Spink Colony
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Spink Colony is located in Spink County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spink Colony
          • Estimated population in 2014: 155 people
  • Brown County
    • County Website:   https://www.brown.sd.us/
    • County Seat for Brown:   Aberdeen
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Mellette   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Mellette.
      • Mansfield
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Warner
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Rudolph
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Rudolph is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudolph
      • Stratford
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Randolph
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Randolph is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
      • Nahon
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Nahon is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahon
      • Verdon
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Verdon is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdon
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 5 people
      • Jobee Acres
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Jobee Acres is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobee Acres
        • Estimated population in 2014: 15 people
      • Melrose Addition
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Melrose Addition is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Addition
        • Estimated population in 2014: 221 people
      • Aberdeen
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Bath Corner
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Bath Corner is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Corner
      • Harlin Addition
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Harlin Addition is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlin Addition
      • Continue List   (16 more) ...
        • Ferney
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Bath
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Gederos Estates
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Gederos Estates is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gederos Estates
          • Estimated population in 2014: 212 people
        • Prairie Wood Village Addition
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Prairie Wood Village Addition is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Wood Village Addition
          • Estimated population in 2014: 276 people
        • Richfield Heights
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Richfield Heights is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richfield Heights
        • Richmond Heights
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Richmond Heights is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Heights
        • Fisher Estates
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Fisher Estates is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Estates
        • Pleasant Vally Development
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • James
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • James is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
        • Plana
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Plana is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plana
        • Richmond Lake Heights Development
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Richmond
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Richmond is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
        • Bieglers First Addition
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Groton
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Ordway
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Ordway is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ordway
          • Estimated population in 2014: 306 people
        • Tacoma Park
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Tacoma Park is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacoma Park
          • Estimated population in 2014: 413 people
  • Clark County
  • Day County
  • Edmunds County
  • Faulk County
    • County Seat for Faulk:   Faulkton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Mellette   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Mellette.
      • Chelsea
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Chelsea is located in Faulk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
      • Devoe
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Devoe is located in Faulk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devoe
        • Estimated population in 2014: 23 people
      • Zell
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Zell is located in Faulk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zell
        • Estimated population in 2014: 65 people
      • Cresbard
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Rockham
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Miranda
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Miranda is located in Faulk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miranda
        • Estimated population in 2014: 122 people
      • Wecota
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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- Mellette) 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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