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Nearest Communities to Platte Colony,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Platte Colony.<1>

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

Platte Colony is located in Charles Mix County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Charles Mix County: Boyd (NE), Knox (NE), Aurora, Bon Homme, Brule, Douglas, Gregory & Hutchinson.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 32 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Platte Colony. Of these communities, 27 are located in counties other than Charles Mix 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 Platte Colony (which is Charles Mix 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 Platte Colony

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

  • Charles Mix County   (where Platte Colony resides)
    • County Website:   https://charlesmixcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Charles Mix:   Lake Andes
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Platte Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Platte Colony.
      • Academy
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
        • Academy is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Academy
      • Platte
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Platte is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,257 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Platte <3>
      • Bovee
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Bovee is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovee
      • Wheeler ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Wheeler is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
      • Geddes
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Geddes is located in Charles Mix County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geddes
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
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  • Aurora County
  • Brule County
    • County Website:   https://www.brulecounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Brule:   Chamberlain
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Platte Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Platte Colony.
      • Bijou Hills
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Bijou Hills is located in Brule County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bijou Hills
      • Eagle
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Eagle is located in Brule County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle
        • Estimated population in 2014: 17 people
      • Ola
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Ola is located in Brule County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ola
        • Estimated population in 2014: 108 people
      • Grandview
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Grandview is located in Brule County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
      • Cedar Grove Colony
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Cedar Grove Colony is located in Brule County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Colony
      • Kimball
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Pukwana
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Chamberlain
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Lyonville
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Lyonville is located in Brule County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonville
        • Estimated population in 2014: 49 people
  • Douglas County
  • Gregory County
    • County Website:   https://gregory.sdcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Gregory:   Burke
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Platte Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Platte Colony.
      • Lucas
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Lucas is located in Gregory County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
      • Dixon
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Dixon is located in Gregory County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
        • Estimated population in 2014: 118 people
      • Burke
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Gregory
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Herrick
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Dallas
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Saint Charles
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • East Gregory
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • East Gregory is located in Gregory County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gregory
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
      • Bonesteel
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Carlock
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Carlock is located in Gregory County
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  • Lyman County
  • Tripp County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Platte Colony) 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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