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Nearest Communities to Roswell,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town 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.

Keep in mind 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.

Roswell is located in Miner County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Miner County: Beadle, Hanson, Kingsbury, Lake, McCook & Sanborn.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 45 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Roswell. Of these communities, 38 are located in counties other than Miner 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 Roswell (which is Miner 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 Roswell

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

  • Miner County   (where Roswell resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.minercountysd.org/
    • County Seat for Miner:   Howard
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Roswell   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Roswell.
      • Fedora
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Vilas
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Vilas is located in Miner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vilas
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
      • Argonne
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Argonne is located in Miner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argonne
      • Howard
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Carthage
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Canova
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Cloverleaf Colony
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Cloverleaf Colony is located in Miner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverleaf Colony
  • Beadle County
  • Davison County
  • Hanson County
    • County Website:   https://www.hansoncountysd.gov/
    • County Seat for Hanson:   Alexandria
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Roswell   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Roswell.
      • Epiphany
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Epiphany is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epiphany
        • Estimated population in 2014: 103 people
      • Farwell
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Farwell is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwell
      • Plano
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Plano is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
        • Estimated population in 2014: 104 people
      • Farmer
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Farmer is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 11 people
      • Fulton
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Riverside
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Riverside is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
      • Alexandria
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Emery
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Rockport Colony
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Rockport Colony is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport Colony
        • Estimated population in 2014: 32 people
  • Kingsbury County
    • County Website:   https://kingsburycountysd.org/
    • County Seat for Kingsbury:   De Smet
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Roswell   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Roswell.
      • Esmond
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Esmond is located in Kingsbury County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
        • Estimated population in 2014: 60 people
      • Manchester
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Manchester is located in Kingsbury County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
        • Estimated population in 2014: 65 people
      • Oldham
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Fairview ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Fairview is located in Kingsbury County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • Iroquois
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • De Smet
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Lake Preston
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lake County
    • County Website:   http://www.lake.sd.gov/
    • County Seat for Lake:   Madison
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Roswell   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Roswell.
      • Winfred
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Junius
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Junius is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junius
      • Ramona
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Orland ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Orland is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orland
      • Prairie Village
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Prairie Village is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Village
        • Estimated population in 2014: 18 people
      • Madison
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • McCook County
  • Sanborn County
    • County Seat for Sanborn:   Woonsocket
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Roswell   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Roswell.
      • Artesian
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Ruskin Park
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Ruskin Park is located in Sanborn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruskin Park
      • Forestburg
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Forestburg is located in Sanborn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestburg
        • Population from the 2010 Census: 73 people
      • Letcher
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Cuthbert
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Cuthbert is located in Sanborn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuthbert
      • Woonsocket
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)

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- Roswell) 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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