Nearest Communities to Oglala,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Oglala, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Oglala:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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 Oglala.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Oglala is located in Oglala Lakota County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Oglala Lakota County: Dawes (NE), Sheridan (NE), Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Jackson & Pennington.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 20 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Oglala. Of these communities, 10 are located in counties other than Oglala Lakota 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 Oglala (which is Oglala Lakota 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 Oglala
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Oglala Lakota County (where Oglala resides)
- County Website: oglalalakota.sdcounties.org/
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Oglala Lakota County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Oglala Lakota County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Oglala Lakota County
- Nearest Communities to Oglala ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Oglala.
- Slim Butte
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slim Butte have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slim Butte
- Slim Butte is located in Oglala Lakota County
- Manderson - White Horse Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Manderson - White Horse Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manderson - White Horse Creek
- Manderson - White Horse Creek is located in Oglala Lakota County
- Manderson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manderson
- Manderson is located in Oglala Lakota County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manderson <5>
- Pine Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Pine Ridge is located in Oglala Lakota County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pine Ridge <5>
- Wounded Knee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wounded Knee
- Wounded Knee is located in Oglala Lakota County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wounded Knee <5>
- Porcupine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porcupine
- Porcupine is located in Oglala Lakota County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Porcupine <5>
- Sharps Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharps Corner
- Sharps Corner is located in Oglala Lakota County
- Estimated population in 2014: 77 people
- Denby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denby
- Denby is located in Oglala Lakota County
- Rockyford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockyford
- Rockyford is located in Oglala Lakota County
- Wakpamani
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fall River County
- County Seat for Fall River: Hot Springs
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Fall River County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Fall River County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Fall River County
- Nearest Communities to Oglala ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Oglala.
- Oelrichs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oelrichs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oelrichs
- Oelrichs is located in Fall River County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 124 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oelrichs <5>
- Smithwick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithwick
- Smithwick is located in Fall River County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smithwick <5>
- Oral
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oral have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <5>
- Dawes County
- County Website: www.co.dawes.ne.us/
- County Seat for Dawes: Chadron (NE)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Nebraska
- Dawes County
- From Family Search:
- State of Nebraska
- Dawes County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Nebraska
- Dawes County
- Nearest Communities to Oglala ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Oglala.
- Chadron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chadron have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <5>
- Dakota Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dakota Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Pines Retirement Community have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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)
- Bordeaux ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sheridan County
- County Seat for Sheridan: Rushville (NE)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Nebraska
- Sheridan County
- From Family Search:
- State of Nebraska
- Sheridan County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Nebraska
- Sheridan County
- Nearest Communities to Oglala ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Oglala.
- Whiteclay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteclay
- Whiteclay is located in Sheridan County (NE)
- Whiteclay has also been known as:
- Pine Ridge
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whiteclay <5>
- Adaton ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south) - Albany ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
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- Oglala) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oglala. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1884, Longitude: -102.7396 |
| <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> | 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. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
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