Nearest Communities to Plenty Bears,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Plenty Bears, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Plenty Bears:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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 from Plenty Bears.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Plenty Bears is located in Bennett County.
The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Bennett County: Cherry (NE), Jackson, Oglala Lakota & Todd.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 25 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Plenty Bears. Of these communities, 15 are located in counties other than Bennett 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 Plenty Bears (which is Bennett 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 Plenty Bears
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Bennett County (where Plenty Bears resides)
- County Seat for Bennett: Martin
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Bennett County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Bennett County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Bennett County
- Nearest Communities to Plenty Bears ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Plenty Bears.
- Allen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Allen is located in Bennett County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <3>
- Bad Wound
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Black Eyes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Eyes have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Eyes
- Black Eyes is located in Bennett County
- Martin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Martin is located in Bennett County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,058 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Martin <3>
- Swett ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swett
- Swett is located in Bennett County
- Estimated population in 2014: 283 people
- Patricia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east) - Tuthill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuthill
- Tuthill is located in Bennett County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tuthill <3>
- Vetal
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vetal
- Vetal is located in Bennett County
- Blackpipe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east) - Harrington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harrington have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrington
- Harrington is located in Bennett County
- Jackson County
- County Seat for Jackson: Kadoka
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Jackson County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Jackson County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Jackson County
- Nearest Communities to Plenty Bears ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Plenty Bears.
- Hisle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Potato Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potato Creek
- Potato Creek is located in Jackson County
- Long Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Valley
- Long Valley is located in Jackson County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Long Valley <3>
- Wanblee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wanblee have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanblee
- Wanblee is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2010 Census: 725 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wanblee <3>
- Oglala Lakota County
- 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 Plenty Bears ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Plenty Bears.
- Batesland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Batesland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesland
- Batesland is located in Oglala Lakota County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Batesland <3>
- Wakpamani
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest) - Kyle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle
- Kyle is located in Oglala Lakota County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kyle <3>
- Porcupine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porcupine
- Porcupine is located in Oglala Lakota County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Porcupine <3>
- Wounded Knee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- 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 <3>
- Denby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denby
- Denby is located in Oglala Lakota County
- Sharps Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharps Corner
- Sharps Corner is located in Oglala Lakota County
- Estimated population in 2014: 77 people
- Cherry County
- County Website: www.co.cherry.ne.us/
- County Seat for Cherry: Valentine (NE)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Nebraska
- Cherry County
- From Family Search:
- State of Nebraska
- Cherry County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Nebraska
- Cherry County
- Nearest Communities to Plenty Bears ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Plenty Bears.
- Merriman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriman
- Merriman is located in Cherry County (NE)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Merriman <3>
- Leat
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south) - Irwin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south) - Eli
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Plenty Bears) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Plenty Bears. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2731, Longitude: -101.8421 In this case, the coordinates for Plenty Bears 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. |