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Nearest Communities to Rockport Colony,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Rockport Colony.<1>

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

Rockport Colony is located in Hanson County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hanson County: Davison, Hutchinson, McCook, Miner & Sanborn.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 51 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Rockport Colony. Of these communities, 42 are located in counties other than Hanson 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 Rockport Colony (which is Hanson 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 Rockport Colony

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

  • Hanson County   (where Rockport Colony resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.hansoncountysd.gov/
    • County Seat for Hanson:   Alexandria
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rockport Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rockport Colony.
      • Alexandria
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Maywood ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Maywood is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
      • Emery
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Fulton
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Riverside
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Riverside is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
      • Farmer
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Farmer is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 11 people
      • Plano
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Plano is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
        • Estimated population in 2014: 104 people
      • Farwell
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Farwell is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwell
      • Epiphany
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Epiphany is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epiphany
        • Estimated population in 2014: 103 people
  • Aurora County
  • Bon Homme County
  • Davison County
    • County Website:   https://www.davisoncounty.org/
    • County Seat for Davison:   Mitchell
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rockport Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rockport Colony.
      • Ethan
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Mitchell
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • River Bluff Addition
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • River Bluff Addition is located in Davison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bluff Addition
        • Estimated population in 2014: 13 people
      • Betts
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Betts is located in Davison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
      • Loomis
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Metzgerville
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Metzgerville is located in Davison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metzgerville
      • Mount Vernon
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Douglas County
    • County Website:   https://douglas.sdcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Douglas:   Armour
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rockport Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rockport Colony.
      • Hillside
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Hillside is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
        • Estimated population in 2014: 31 people
      • Delmont
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Douglas City ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Douglas City is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas City
      • Grandview ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Grandview is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
      • Greenwood Colony
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Greenwood Colony is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Colony
      • Corsica
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Hutchinson County
    • County Seat for Hutchinson:   Olivet
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rockport Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rockport Colony.
      • New Elm Springs Colony
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • New Elm Springs Colony is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elm Springs Colony
        • Estimated population in 2014: 600 people
      • Dimock
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Milltown
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Milltown is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
        • Estimated population in 2014: 115 people
      • Clayton
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Clayton is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
      • Parkston
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Tschetter Colony
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Tschetter Colony is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tschetter Colony
        • Estimated population in 2014: 80 people
      • Wolf Creek
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Wolf Creek is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
        • Estimated population in 2014: 195 people
      • Beardsley
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Beardsley is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardsley
      • Olivet
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Tripp
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Tripp is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripp
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 614 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tripp <3>
      • Freeman
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Kaylor
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Menno
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Menno is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 615 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Menno <3>
      • Maxwell Colony
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Maxwell Colony is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell Colony
  • McCook County
    • County Website:   https://www.mccookcountysd.com/
    • County Seat for McCook:   Salem
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rockport Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rockport Colony.
      • Spencer
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Bridgewater
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Salem
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Salem is located in McCook County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
      • Stanley Corner
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Stanley Corner is located in McCook County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley Corner
      • Salem
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Unityville
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Unityville is located in McCook County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unityville
        • Estimated population in 2014: 52 people
      • Canistota
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Miner County
  • Sanborn County
  • Turner County

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- Rockport Colony) 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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