Nearest Communities to Smithwick,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Smithwick, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Smithwick:
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.
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.
Smithwick 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 22 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Smithwick. Of these communities, 10 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 Smithwick (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 Smithwick
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Fall River County (where Smithwick 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 Smithwick ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Smithwick.
- Oral
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oral have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oral
- Oral is located in Fall River County
- Estimated population in 2014: 206 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oral <4>
- Oelrichs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- 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>
- Hot Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- 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>
- Cascade Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cascade Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Springs
- Cascade Springs is located in Fall River County
- Heppner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west) - Erskine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest) - Rocky Ford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- 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
- Minnekahta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- 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
- Rumford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest) - Ardmore ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardmore
- Ardmore is located in Fall River County
- Dudley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west) - Edgemont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- 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>
- 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 Smithwick ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Smithwick.
- Buffalo Gap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Gap
- Buffalo Gap is located in Custer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buffalo Gap <4>
- Fairburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairburn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairburn
- Fairburn is located in Custer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairburn <4>
- Argyle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest) - Cold Spring II ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Spring II have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring II
- Cold Spring II is located in Custer County
- Ivanhoe ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest) - Pringle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pringle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
- Pringle is located in Custer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pringle <4>
- Nihart
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oglala Lakota County
- County Website: oglalalakota.sdcounties.org/
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Oglala Lakota County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Oglala Lakota County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Oglala Lakota County
- Nearest Communities to Smithwick ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Smithwick.
- Oglala
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglala
- Oglala is located in Oglala Lakota County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oglala <4>
- Slim Butte
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slim Butte have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slim Butte
- Slim Butte is located in Oglala Lakota County
- Red Shirt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
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 from Point A (ie- Smithwick) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Smithwick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3073, Longitude: -103.2196 |
| <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. |