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Nearest Communities to Sitka,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 Sitka.<1>

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

Sitka is located in Walworth County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Walworth County: Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Edmunds, McPherson & Potter.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 20 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sitka. Of these communities, 14 are located in counties other than Walworth 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 Sitka (which is Walworth 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 Sitka

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

  • Walworth County   (where Sitka resides)
    • County Seat for Walworth:   Selby
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sitka   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sitka.
      • Glenham
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenham have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenham
        • Glenham is located in Walworth County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glenham <4>
      • Selby
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Selby have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selby
        • Selby is located in Walworth County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 612 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Selby <4>
      • Mobridge
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Akaska
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Java
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Java
        • Java is located in Walworth County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Java <4>
      • Lowry
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lowry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
        • Lowry is located in Walworth County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
  • Campbell County
    • County Seat for Campbell:   Mound City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sitka   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sitka.
      • Mound City
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mound City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
        • Mound City is located in Campbell County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mound City <4>
      • Herreid
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Herreid have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herreid
        • Herreid is located in Campbell County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Herreid <4>
      • Pollock
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pollock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollock
        • Pollock is located in Campbell County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pollock <4>
  • Corson County
    • County Seat for Corson:   McIntosh
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sitka   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sitka.
      • Wakpala
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Snake Creek
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snake Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snake Creek
        • Snake Creek is located in Corson County
      • Jeffrey ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jeffrey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffrey
        • Jeffrey is located in Corson County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 535 people
      • Trail City
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trail City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail City
        • Trail City is located in Corson County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trail City <4>
      • Kenel
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenel
        • Kenel is located in Corson County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 61 people
      • Mahto
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Dewey County
    • County Seat for Dewey:   Timber Lake
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sitka   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sitka.
      • Moreau
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moreau have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreau
        • Moreau is located in Dewey County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 21 people
      • Promise
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Promise have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promise
        • Promise is located in Dewey County
      • Virginia
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Virginia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia
        • Virginia is located in Dewey County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 261 people
  • Edmunds County
  • Potter County

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sitka) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sitka. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5169, Longitude: -100.1862       In this case, the coordinates for Sitka have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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.




 

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