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Nearest Communities to Plano,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

Plano is located in Hanson County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hanson County: Davison, Hutchinson, McCook, Miner & Sanborn.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 45 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Plano. Of these communities, 36 are located in counties other than Hanson 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 Plano (which is Hanson 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 Plano

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

  • Hanson County   (where Plano resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.hansoncountysd.gov/
    • County Seat for Hanson:   Alexandria
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Plano   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Plano.
      • Farwell
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Farwell is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwell
      • Riverside
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Riverside is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
      • Fulton
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Alexandria
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Farmer
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Farmer is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 11 people
      • Epiphany
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Epiphany is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epiphany
        • Estimated population in 2014: 103 people
      • Rockport Colony
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Rockport Colony is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport Colony
        • Estimated population in 2014: 32 people
      • Maywood ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Maywood is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
      • Emery
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Aurora County
  • Davison County
    • County Website:   https://www.davisoncounty.org/
    • County Seat for Davison:   Mitchell
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Plano   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Plano.
      • Mitchell
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • River Bluff Addition
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • River Bluff Addition is located in Davison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bluff Addition
        • Estimated population in 2014: 13 people
      • Loomis
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Betts
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Betts is located in Davison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
      • Ethan
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Mount Vernon
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Metzgerville
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Metzgerville is located in Davison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metzgerville
  • Douglas County
  • Hutchinson County
    • County Seat for Hutchinson:   Olivet
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Plano   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Plano.
      • New Elm Springs Colony
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • New Elm Springs Colony is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elm Springs Colony
        • Estimated population in 2014: 600 people
      • Dimock
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Milltown
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Milltown is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
        • Estimated population in 2014: 115 people
      • Parkston
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Clayton
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Clayton is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
  • Jerauld County
  • Lake County
  • McCook County
  • Miner County
    • County Website:   https://www.minercountysd.org/
    • County Seat for Miner:   Howard
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Plano   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Plano.
      • Fedora
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Roswell
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Roswell is located in Miner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roswell
        • Estimated population in 2014: 70 people
      • Canova
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Vilas
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Vilas is located in Miner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vilas
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
      • Argonne
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Argonne is located in Miner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argonne
      • Howard
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Carthage
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Sanborn County
    • County Seat for Sanborn:   Woonsocket
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Plano   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Plano.
      • Letcher
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Artesian
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Ruskin Park
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Ruskin Park is located in Sanborn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruskin Park
      • Forestburg
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Forestburg is located in Sanborn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestburg
        • Population from the 2010 Census: 73 people
      • Cuthbert
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Cuthbert is located in Sanborn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuthbert
      • Woonsocket
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Plano) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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.
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