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Nearest Communities to Prairie Village,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

Prairie Village is located in Lake County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lake County: Brookings, Kingsbury, McCook, Miner, Minnehaha & Moody.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 59 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Prairie Village. Of these communities, 44 are located in counties other than Lake 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 Prairie Village (which is Lake 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 Prairie Village

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

  • Lake County   (where Prairie Village resides)
    • County Website:   http://www.lake.sd.gov/
    • County Seat for Lake:   Madison
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Prairie Village   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Prairie Village.
      • Madison
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Junius
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • Junius is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junius
      • Chautauqua
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Chautauqua is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua
      • Orland ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Orland is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orland
      • Ramona
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Peninsula Park
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Peninsula Park is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peninsula Park
        • Estimated population in 2014: 32 people
      • Franklin
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Franklin is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
        • Estimated population in 2014: 333 people
      • Smiths Park
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Smiths Park is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Park
      • Winfred
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
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        • Wentworth
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Prairie Queen ‑ Historic
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Prairie Queen is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Queen
        • Rutland
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Nunda
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Brant Lake
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
          • Brant Lake is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brant Lake
        • Chester
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Brookings County
    • County Website:   https://www.brookingscountysd.gov/
    • County Seat for Brookings:   Brookings
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Prairie Village   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Prairie Village.
      • Sinai
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Sinai is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinai
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sinai <3>
      • Ahnberg
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Ahnberg is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ahnberg
      • Medary
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Medary is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medary
        • Estimated population in 2014: 1,442 people
      • Volga
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Volga is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volga
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,080 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Volga <3>
      • Brookings
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Aurora
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Sunnyview
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Sunnyview is located in Brookings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyview
        • Estimated population in 2014: 17 people
  • Hanson County
  • Kingsbury County
  • McCook County
    • County Website:   https://www.mccookcountysd.com/
    • County Seat for McCook:   Salem
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Prairie Village   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Prairie Village.
      • Unityville
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Unityville is located in McCook County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unityville
        • Estimated population in 2014: 52 people
      • Montrose
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Salem
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Salem
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Salem is located in McCook County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
      • Canistota
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Spencer
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Rumpus Ridge
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Rumpus Ridge is located in McCook County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumpus Ridge
  • Miner County
    • County Website:   https://www.minercountysd.org/
    • County Seat for Miner:   Howard
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Prairie Village   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Prairie Village.
      • Howard
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Canova
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Vilas
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Vilas is located in Miner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vilas
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
      • Cloverleaf Colony
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Cloverleaf Colony is located in Miner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverleaf Colony
      • Argonne
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Argonne is located in Miner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argonne
      • Roswell
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Roswell is located in Miner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roswell
        • Estimated population in 2014: 70 people
      • Carthage
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Fedora
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Minnehaha County
    • County Website:   https://www.minnehahacounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Minnehaha:   Sioux Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Prairie Village   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Prairie Village.
      • Huntimer
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Huntimer is located in Minnehaha County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntimer
        • Estimated population in 2014: 590 people
      • Colton
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Lyons
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Humboldt
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Dell Rapids
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Baltic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Baltic is located in Minnehaha County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltic
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,201 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baltic <3>
      • Hartford
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Crooks
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Crooks is located in Minnehaha County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooks
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crooks <3>
      • Johnsons Addition
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Johnsons Addition is located in Minnehaha County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Addition
      • Midway
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Midway is located in Minnehaha County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
        • Estimated population in 2014: 123 people
  • Moody County
    • County Website:   https://www.moodycounty.net/
    • County Seat for Moody:   Flandreau
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Prairie Village   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Prairie Village.
      • Dyce ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Dyce is located in Moody County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyce
      • Colman
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Lone Tree
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Lone Tree is located in Moody County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
        • Estimated population in 2014: 14 people
      • Sioux Falls Junction
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Sioux Falls Junction is located in Moody County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux Falls Junction
        • Estimated population in 2014: 119 people
      • Egan
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Trent
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Flandreau
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)

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- Prairie Village) 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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