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Nearest Communities to Oelrichs,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Oelrichs.<1>

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

Oelrichs is located in Fall River County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Fall River County: Dawes (NE), Sioux (NE), Custer, Oglala Lakota & Niobrara (WY).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 25 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Oelrichs. Of these communities, 12 are located in counties other than Fall River 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 Oelrichs (which is Fall River 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 Oelrichs

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

  • Fall River County   (where Oelrichs resides)
    • County Seat for Fall River:   Hot Springs
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Oelrichs   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Oelrichs.
      • Smithwick
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Oral
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oral have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oral
        • Oral is located in Fall River County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 206 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oral <3>
      • Heppner
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heppner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heppner
        • Heppner is located in Fall River County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 267 people
      • Cascade Springs
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cascade Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Springs
        • Cascade Springs is located in Fall River County
      • Rocky Ford
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
        • Rocky Ford is located in Fall River County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 6 people
      • Hot Springs
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Rumford
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rumford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumford
        • Rumford is located in Fall River County
      • Erskine
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erskine have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erskine
        • Erskine is located in Fall River County
      • Ardmore ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardmore
        • Ardmore is located in Fall River County
      • Minnekahta
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minnekahta have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnekahta
        • Minnekahta is located in Fall River County
      • Dudley
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dudley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
        • Dudley is located in Fall River County
      • Edgemont
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgemont have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont
        • Edgemont is located in Fall River County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 718 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edgemont <3>
      • Provo
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Custer County
    • County Seat for Custer:   Custer
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Oelrichs   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Oelrichs.
      • Buffalo Gap
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Ivanhoe ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ivanhoe have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
        • Ivanhoe is located in Custer County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 144 people
  • Oglala Lakota County
  • Dawes County
    • County Website:   www.co.dawes.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Dawes:   Chadron (NE)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Oelrichs   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Oelrichs.
      • Dakota Junction
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dakota Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dakota Junction
        • Dakota Junction is located in Dawes County (NE)
      • Prairie Pines Retirement Community
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Pines Retirement Community have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Pines Retirement Community
        • Prairie Pines Retirement Community is located in Dawes County (NE)
      • Whitney
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitney have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
        • Whitney is located in Dawes County (NE)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitney <3>
      • Chadron
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chadron have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadron
        • Chadron is located in Dawes County (NE)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,250 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chadron <3>
      • Horn
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horn have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn
        • Horn is located in Dawes County (NE)
  • Sioux County
    • County Website:   www.co.sioux.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Sioux:   Harrison (NE)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Oelrichs   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Oelrichs.
      • Orella
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orella have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orella
        • Orella is located in Sioux County (NE)
      • Joder
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joder have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joder
        • Joder is located in Sioux County (NE)
      • Montrose ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montrose have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
        • Montrose is located in Sioux County (NE)

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 from Point A (ie- Oelrichs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oelrichs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1814, Longitude: -103.2335       In this case, the coordinates for Oelrichs 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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