Nearest Communities to Potato Creek,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Potato Creek, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Potato Creek:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Potato Creek.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Potato Creek is located in Jackson County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jackson County: Bennett, Haakon, Jones, Mellette, Oglala Lakota, Pennington & Todd.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 23 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Potato Creek. Of these communities, 15 are located in counties other than Jackson 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 Potato Creek (which is Jackson 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 Potato Creek
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Jackson County (where Potato Creek resides)
- 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 Potato Creek ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Potato Creek.
- Interior
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interior
- Interior is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Interior <3>
- Hisle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast) - Wanblee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- 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>
- Cactus Flat
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cactus Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus Flat
- Cactus Flat is located in Jackson County
- Weta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast) - Long Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- 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>
- Sevenmile Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sevenmile Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevenmile Corner
- Sevenmile Corner is located in Jackson County
- Cottonwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Cottonwood is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
- Bennett County
- 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 Potato Creek ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Potato Creek.
- Allen
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Allen is located in Bennett County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <3>
- Plenty Bears
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plenty Bears have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plenty Bears
- Plenty Bears is located in Bennett County
- Estimated population in 2014: 109 people
- Bad Wound
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast) - Black Eyes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- 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
- Swett ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swett
- Swett is located in Bennett County
- Estimated population in 2014: 283 people
- Martin
(28 miles [45.1 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>
- Patricia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Potato Creek ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Potato Creek.
- Kyle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle
- Kyle is located in Oglala Lakota County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kyle <3>
- Sharps Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharps Corner
- Sharps Corner is located in Oglala Lakota County
- Estimated population in 2014: 77 people
- Rockyford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockyford
- Rockyford is located in Oglala Lakota County
- Porcupine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porcupine
- Porcupine is located in Oglala Lakota County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Porcupine <3>
- Batesland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pennington County
- County Website: www.co.pennington.sd.us/
- County Seat for Pennington: Rapid City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Pennington County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Pennington County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Pennington County
- Nearest Communities to Potato Creek ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Potato Creek.
- Conata
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Imlay
(23 miles [37 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Potato Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Potato Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5344, Longitude: -101.9961 |
| <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. |