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Nearest Communities to Merton,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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

Although our information shows that the community of Merton 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 53 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Merton. Of these communities, 34 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 Merton (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 Merton

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

  • Clark County   (where Merton resides)
    • County Website:   https://clark.sdcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Clark:   Clark
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Merton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Merton.
      • Keefton ‑ Historic
        (Less than 2 miles to the south)
        • Keefton is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keefton
      • Huron Colony
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
        • Huron Colony is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Colony
      • Carlton ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Carlton is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton
      • Carpenter
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Raymond
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Clark
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Pitrodie ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Pitrodie is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitrodie
        • Estimated population in 2014: 25 people
      • Willow Lake
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Julian ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Julian is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julian
      • Elrod
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Elrod is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrod
        • Estimated population in 2014: 92 people
      • Melham
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Melham is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melham
      • Naples
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Naples is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
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        • Vienna
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Garden City
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Success ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Success is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
          • Estimated population in 2014: 6,741 people
        • Gros ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
          • Gros is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gros
        • Lily ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
          • Lily is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
        • Crocker
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Bradley
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Beadle County
    • County Website:   https://www.beadlesd.org/
    • County Seat for Beadle:   Huron
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Merton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Merton.
      • Huron Colony
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Huron Colony is located in Beadle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Colony
        • Estimated population in 2014: 403 people
      • Yale
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Riverside Colony
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Riverside Colony is located in Beadle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Colony
      • Sheffield
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Sheffield is located in Beadle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
      • Cavour
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Hitchcock
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Pearl Creek Colony
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Pearl Creek Colony is located in Beadle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl Creek Colony
      • Broadland
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Broadland is located in Beadle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadland
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
  • Codington County
    • County Website:   https://www.codington.org/
    • County Seat for Codington:   Watertown
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Merton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Merton.
      • Henry
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • 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>
      • Grover
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Grover is located in Codington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
        • Estimated population in 2014: 171 people
      • Wallace
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Kampeska
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Kampeska is located in Codington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kampeska
        • Estimated population in 2014: 331 people
  • Day County
  • Hamlin County
  • Kingsbury County
    • County Website:   https://kingsburycountysd.org/
    • County Seat for Kingsbury:   De Smet
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Merton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Merton.
      • Bancroft
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Bancroft is located in Kingsbury County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
      • Osceola
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Osceola is located in Kingsbury County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
        • Estimated population in 2014: 90 people
      • Fairview ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Fairview is located in Kingsbury County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • Iroquois
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Manchester
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Manchester is located in Kingsbury County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
        • Estimated population in 2014: 65 people
      • Erwin
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • De Smet
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Spink County
    • County Website:   https://www.spinkcounty-sd.org/
    • County Seat for Spink:   Redfield
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Merton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Merton.
      • Clark Colony
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Clark Colony is located in Spink County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Colony
      • Hillside Colony
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Hillside Colony is located in Spink County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Colony
      • Doland
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Bloomfield
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Bloomfield is located in Spink County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
      • LaDelle
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • LaDelle is located in Spink County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaDelle
      • Glendale Colony
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Glendale Colony is located in Spink County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale Colony
      • Spink Colony
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Spink Colony is located in Spink County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spink Colony
        • Estimated population in 2014: 155 people
      • Turton
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Frankfort
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Conde
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Crandon
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Crandon is located in Spink County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandon

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Merton) 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 Merton, 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.