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Nearest Communities to Salem,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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 Salem.<1>

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

Salem is located in McCook County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of McCook County: Hanson, Hutchinson, Lake, Miner, Minnehaha & Turner.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 56 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Salem. Of these communities, 48 are located in counties other than McCook 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 Salem (which is McCook 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 Salem

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

  • McCook County   (where Salem resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.mccookcountysd.com/
    • County Seat for McCook:   Salem
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Salem   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Salem.
      • Salem
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Unityville
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Unityville is located in McCook County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unityville
        • Estimated population in 2014: 52 people
      • Spencer
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Canistota
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Bridgewater
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Stanley Corner
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Stanley Corner is located in McCook County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley Corner
      • Montrose
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Rumpus Ridge
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Rumpus Ridge is located in McCook County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumpus Ridge
  • Davison County
  • Hanson County
    • County Website:   https://www.hansoncountysd.gov/
    • County Seat for Hanson:   Alexandria
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Salem   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Salem.
      • Emery
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Farmer
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Farmer is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 11 people
      • Epiphany
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Epiphany is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epiphany
        • Estimated population in 2014: 103 people
      • Alexandria
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Fulton
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Rockport Colony
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Rockport Colony is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport Colony
        • Estimated population in 2014: 32 people
      • Farwell
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Farwell is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwell
      • Plano
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Plano is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
        • Estimated population in 2014: 104 people
      • Riverside
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Riverside is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
      • Maywood ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Maywood is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
  • Hutchinson County
    • County Seat for Hutchinson:   Olivet
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Salem   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Salem.
      • Clayton
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Clayton is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
      • Freeman
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • New Elm Springs Colony
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • 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
      • Wolf Creek
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Wolf Creek is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
        • Estimated population in 2014: 195 people
      • Milltown
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Milltown is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
        • Estimated population in 2014: 115 people
      • Tschetter Colony
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Tschetter Colony is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tschetter Colony
        • Estimated population in 2014: 80 people
  • Lake County
    • County Website:   http://www.lake.sd.gov/
    • County Seat for Lake:   Madison
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Salem   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Salem.
      • Orland ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Orland is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orland
      • Winfred
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Franklin
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Franklin is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
        • Estimated population in 2014: 333 people
      • Junius
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Junius is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junius
      • Prairie Village
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Prairie Village is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Village
        • Estimated population in 2014: 18 people
      • Chautauqua
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Chautauqua is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua
      • Madison
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Peninsula Park
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Peninsula Park is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peninsula Park
        • Estimated population in 2014: 32 people
      • Smiths Park
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Smiths Park is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Park
      • Chester
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Brant Lake
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Brant Lake is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brant Lake
      • Ramona
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Miner County
    • County Website:   https://www.minercountysd.org/
    • County Seat for Miner:   Howard
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Salem   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Salem.
      • Canova
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Howard
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Vilas
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Vilas is located in Miner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vilas
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
      • Roswell
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Roswell is located in Miner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roswell
        • Estimated population in 2014: 70 people
      • Argonne
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Argonne is located in Miner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argonne
      • Fedora
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Minnehaha County
    • County Website:   https://www.minnehahacounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Minnehaha:   Sioux Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Salem   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Salem.
      • Humboldt
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Pumpkin Center
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Pumpkin Center is located in Minnehaha County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
        • Estimated population in 2014: 13 people
      • Hartford
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Colton
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Huntimer
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Huntimer is located in Minnehaha County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntimer
        • Estimated population in 2014: 590 people
      • Lyons
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • West Acres Development
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • West Acres Development is located in Minnehaha County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Acres Development
        • Estimated population in 2014: 180 people
      • Country Acres
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Country Acres is located in Minnehaha County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Acres
  • Turner County

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- Salem) 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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