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Nearest Communities to Miranda,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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 from Miranda.<1>

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

Miranda is located in Faulk County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Faulk County: Brown, Edmunds, Hand, Hyde, Potter & Spink.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 28 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Miranda. Of these communities, 15 are located in counties other than Faulk 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 Miranda (which is Faulk 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 Miranda

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

  • Faulk County   (where Miranda resides)
    • County Seat for Faulk:   Faulkton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Miranda   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Miranda.
      • Orient
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Rockham
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockham have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockham
        • Rockham is located in Faulk County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockham <3>
      • Devoe
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Devoe have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devoe
        • Devoe is located in Faulk County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 23 people
      • Faulkton
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Zell
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zell have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zell
        • Zell is located in Faulk County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 65 people
      • Cresbard
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cresbard have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresbard
        • Cresbard is located in Faulk County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cresbard <3>
      • Wecota
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Millard
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millard have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millard
        • Millard is located in Faulk County
      • Chelsea
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chelsea have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
        • Chelsea is located in Faulk County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
      • Burkmere
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burkmere have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkmere
        • Burkmere is located in Faulk County
      • Norbeck
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norbeck have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norbeck
        • Norbeck is located in Faulk County
      • Seneca
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Onaka
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Brown County
  • Edmunds County
    • County Seat for Edmunds:   Ipswich
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Miranda   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Miranda.
      • Powell
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
        • Powell is located in Edmunds County
      • Loyalton
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loyalton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalton
        • Loyalton is located in Edmunds County
  • Hand County
    • County Seat for Hand:   Miller
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Miranda   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Miranda.
      • Polo
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Polo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
        • Polo is located in Hand County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 227 people
      • Florence ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Florence have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
        • Florence is located in Hand County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 374 people
      • Burdette
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burdette have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette
        • Burdette is located in Hand County
  • Spink County
    • County Seat for Spink:   Redfield
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Miranda   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Miranda.
      • Athol
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Athol have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol
        • Athol is located in Spink County
      • Ashton
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
        • Ashton is located in Spink County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashton <3>
      • Redfield
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Northville
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northville
        • Northville is located in Spink County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Northville <3>
      • Gallup
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gallup have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallup
        • Gallup is located in Spink County
      • Mellette
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mellette have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellette
        • Mellette is located in Spink County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mellette <3>
      • Tulare
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tulare have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulare
        • Tulare is located in Spink County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tulare <3>
      • Crandon
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crandon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandon
        • Crandon is located in Spink County
      • Duxbury
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duxbury have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duxbury
        • Duxbury is located in Spink County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 531 people

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Miranda) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Miranda. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9718, Longitude: -98.9639    
<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.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.




 

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