Nearest Communities to Provo,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Provo, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Provo:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Provo.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Provo is located in Fall River County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Fall River County: Dawes (NE), Sioux (NE), Custer, Oglala Lakota & Niobrara (WY).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 28 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Provo. Of these communities, 13 are located in counties other than Fall River 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 Provo (which is Fall River 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 Provo
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Fall River County (where Provo resides)
- County Seat for Fall River: Hot Springs
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Fall River County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Fall River County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Fall River County
- Nearest Communities to Provo ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Provo.
- Igloo
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Dennis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Edgemont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgemont have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont
- Edgemont is located in Fall River County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 718 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edgemont <4>
- Dudley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Rumford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rumford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumford
- Rumford is located in Fall River County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Rumford
- From Provo to Rumford
- Rocky Ford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Rocky Ford is located in Fall River County
- Estimated population in 2014: 6 people
- Heppner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east) - Marietta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Ardmore ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardmore
- Ardmore is located in Fall River County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Ardmore
- From Provo to Ardmore
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Cascade Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cascade Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Springs
- Cascade Springs is located in Fall River County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Cascade Springs
- From Provo to Cascade Springs
- Minnekahta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minnekahta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnekahta
- Minnekahta is located in Fall River County
- Burdock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest) - Erskine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Erskine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erskine
- Erskine is located in Fall River County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Erskine
- From Provo to Erskine
- Hot Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
- Hot Springs is located in Fall River County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,502 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hot Springs <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Hot Springs
- From Provo to Hot Springs
- Oelrichs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oelrichs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oelrichs
- Oelrichs is located in Fall River County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 124 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oelrichs <4>
- Cascade Springs
- Custer County
- County Seat for Custer: Custer
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Custer County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Custer County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Custer County
- Nearest Communities to Provo ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Provo.
- Ivanhoe ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north) - Argyle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north) - Dewey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
- Dewey is located in Custer County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Dewey
- From Provo to Dewey
- Sioux County
- County Website: www.co.sioux.ne.us/
- County Seat for Sioux: Harrison (NE)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Nebraska
- Sioux County
- From Family Search:
- State of Nebraska
- Sioux County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Nebraska
- Sioux County
- Nearest Communities to Provo ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Provo.
- Story
(18 miles [29 km] to the south) - Montrose ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Montrose. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Montrose is located in Sioux County (NE)
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Montrose
- From Provo to Montrose
- Orella
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast) - Joder
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Five Points
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Five Points is located in Sioux County (NE)
- Niobrara County
- County Seat for Niobrara: Lusk (WY)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Wyoming
- Niobrara County
- From Family Search:
- State of Wyoming
- Niobrara County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Wyoming
- Niobrara County
- Nearest Communities to Provo ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Provo.
- Redbird
(23 miles [37 km] to the west) - Riverview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest) - Whitman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest) - Kirtley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirtley
- Kirtley is located in Niobrara County (WY)
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Kirtley
- From Provo to Kirtley
- Weston County
- County Seat for Weston: Newcastle (WY)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Wyoming
- Weston County
- From Family Search:
- State of Wyoming
- Weston County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Wyoming
- Weston County
- Nearest Communities to Provo ...
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Provo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Provo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1933, Longitude: -103.8339 |
| <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. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |