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Nearest Communities to Polo,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.<1>

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

Polo is located in Hand County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hand County: Beadle, Buffalo, Faulk, Hyde, Jerauld & Spink.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 28 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Polo. Of these communities, 20 are located in counties other than Hand 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 Polo (which is Hand 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 Polo

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

  • Hand County   (where Polo resides)
    • County Seat for Hand:   Miller
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Polo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Polo.
      • Florence ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Florence have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
        • Florence is located in Hand County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 374 people
      • Burdette
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burdette have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette
        • Burdette is located in Hand County
      • Miller
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Ree Heights
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ree Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ree Heights
        • Ree Heights is located in Hand County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ree Heights <4>
      • Saint Lawrence
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Lawrence have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Lawrence
        • Saint Lawrence is located in Hand County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Lawrence <4>
      • Vayland
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vayland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vayland
        • Vayland is located in Hand County
      • Miller Dale Colony
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miller Dale Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Dale Colony
        • Miller Dale Colony is located in Hand County
      • Sweetland ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweetland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetland
        • Sweetland is located in Hand County
  • Beadle County
  • Faulk County
    • County Seat for Faulk:   Faulkton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Polo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Polo.
      • Orient
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Miranda
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miranda
        • Miranda is located in Faulk County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 122 people
      • Rockham
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockham have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockham
        • Rockham is located in Faulk County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockham <4>
      • Faulkton
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Zell
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zell
        • Zell is located in Faulk County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 65 people
      • Burkmere
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burkmere have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkmere
        • Burkmere is located in Faulk County
      • Devoe
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Devoe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devoe
        • Devoe is located in Faulk County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 23 people
      • Millard
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millard
        • Millard is located in Faulk County
      • Wecota
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Seneca
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Cresbard
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cresbard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresbard
        • Cresbard is located in Faulk County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cresbard <4>
      • Norbeck
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norbeck have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norbeck
        • Norbeck is located in Faulk County
  • Hyde County
    • County Seat for Hyde:   Highmore
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Polo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Polo.
      • Bramhall ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bramhall have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramhall
        • Bramhall is located in Hyde County
      • Highmore
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Holabird
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holabird have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holabird
        • Holabird is located in Hyde County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holabird <4>
  • Spink County
    • County Seat for Spink:   Redfield
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Polo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Polo.
      • Redfield
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Tulare
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tulare have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulare
        • Tulare is located in Spink County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tulare <4>
      • Athol
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Athol have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol
        • Athol is located in Spink County
      • Spottswood
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spottswood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottswood
        • Spottswood is located in Spink County

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 from Point A (ie- Polo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Polo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7794, Longitude: -99.1096       In this case, the coordinates for Polo 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>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.




 

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