Nearest Communities to Opal,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Opal, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Opal:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Opal.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Opal is located in Meade County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Meade County: Butte, Haakon, Lawrence, Pennington & Ziebach.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 21 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Opal. Of these communities, 4 are located in counties other than Meade 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 Opal (which is Meade 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 Opal
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Meade County (where Opal resides)
- County Website: www.meadecounty.org/
- County Seat for Meade: Sturgis
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Meade County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Meade County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Meade County
- Nearest Communities to Opal ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Opal.
- Fox Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Avance ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Maurine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Cedar Canyon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Canyon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Canyon
- Cedar Canyon is located in Meade County
- Red Owl
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Owl
- Red Owl is located in Meade County
- Stoneville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stoneville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneville
- Stoneville is located in Meade County
- Marcus
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Marcus is located in Meade County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marcus <4>
- Fairpoint
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest) - White Owl
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Owl
- White Owl is located in Meade County
- Estimated population in 2014: 373 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Owl <4>
- Faith
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Faith have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faith
- Faith is located in Meade County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Faith <4>
- Enning
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enning have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enning
- Enning is located in Meade County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enning <4>
- Mud Butte
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Butte
- Mud Butte is located in Meade County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mud Butte <4>
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Sulphur
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west) - Plainview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast) - Union Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Union Center is located in Meade County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union Center <4>
- Howes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howes
- Howes is located in Meade County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Howes <4>
- Clough
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur
- Perkins County
- County Seat for Perkins: Bison
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Perkins County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Perkins County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Perkins County
- Nearest Communities to Opal ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Opal.
- Bixby
(18 miles [29 km] to the north) - Imogene
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest) - Usta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast) - Zeona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeona
- Zeona is located in Perkins County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zeona <4>
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Opal) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Opal. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.8926, Longitude: -102.4517 |
| <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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |