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Nearest Communities to Murdo,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

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

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

Murdo is located in Jones County and is the County Seat.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jones County: Haakon, Jackson, Lyman, Mellette & Stanley.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 16 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Murdo. Of these communities, 11 are located in counties other than Jones 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 Murdo (which is Jones 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 Murdo

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

  • Jones County   (where Murdo resides)
    • County Seat for Jones:   Murdo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Murdo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Murdo.
      • Okaton
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Draper
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Draper have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
        • Draper is located in Jones County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Draper <3>
      • Westover ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
        • Westover is located in Jones County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 6 people
      • Van Metre
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Van Metre have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Metre
        • Van Metre is located in Jones County
      • Capa ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capa
        • Capa is located in Jones County
  • Haakon County
  • Jackson County
    • County Seat for Jackson:   Kadoka
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Murdo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Murdo.
      • Stamford
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stamford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamford
        • Stamford is located in Jackson County
      • Belvidere
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belvidere have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
        • Belvidere is located in Jackson County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belvidere <3>
  • Lyman County
  • Mellette County
    • County Seat for Mellette:   White River
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Murdo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Murdo.
      • White River
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White River have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River
        • White River is located in Mellette County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White River <3>
      • Badnation
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Badnation have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badnation
        • Badnation is located in Mellette County
      • Cedar Butte
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Butte have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Butte
        • Cedar Butte is located in Mellette County
      • Wood
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood
        • Wood is located in Mellette County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wood <3>
  • Stanley County
    • County Seat for Stanley:   Fort Pierre
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Murdo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Murdo.
      • Wendte
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wendte have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendte
        • Wendte is located in Stanley County
      • Teton
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Teton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teton
        • Teton is located in Stanley County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 59 people
      • Bunker ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bunker have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker
        • Bunker is located in Stanley County

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- Murdo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Murdo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8892, Longitude: -100.7140       In this case, the coordinates for Murdo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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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