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Nearest Communities to Spring Creek Colony,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Spring Creek Colony is located in McPherson County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of McPherson County: Dickey (ND), McIntosh (ND), Brown, Campbell & Edmunds.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 27 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Spring Creek Colony. Of these communities, 23 are located in counties other than McPherson 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 Spring Creek Colony (which is McPherson 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 Spring Creek Colony

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

  • McPherson County   (where Spring Creek Colony resides)
    • County Seat for McPherson:   Leola
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Spring Creek Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Spring Creek Colony.
      • Leola
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leola have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leola
        • Leola is located in McPherson County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leola <4>
      • Long Lake
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
        • Long Lake is located in McPherson County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
      • Wetonka
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wetonka have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetonka
        • Wetonka is located in McPherson County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 7 people
      • Long Lake Colony
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Lake Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake Colony
        • Long Lake Colony is located in McPherson County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 332 people
  • Brown County
    • County Website:   www.brown.sd.us/
    • County Seat for Brown:   Aberdeen
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Spring Creek Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Spring Creek Colony.
      • Winship
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winship have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winship
        • Winship is located in Brown County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 2,862 people
      • Frederick
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Barnard
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Westport
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westport have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
        • Westport is located in Brown County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westport <4>
      • Bieglers First Addition
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bieglers First Addition have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bieglers First Addition
        • Bieglers First Addition is located in Brown County
      • Richmond Lake Heights Development
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richmond Lake Heights Development have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Lake Heights Development
        • Richmond Lake Heights Development is located in Brown County
      • Richmond
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richmond have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
        • Richmond is located in Brown County
      • Pleasant Vally Development
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Vally Development have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Vally Development
        • Pleasant Vally Development is located in Brown County
  • Edmunds County
  • Dickey County
    • County Seat for Dickey:   Ellendale (ND)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Spring Creek Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Spring Creek Colony.
      • Forbes
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forbes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
        • Forbes is located in Dickey County (ND)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forbes <4>
      • Wirch
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wirch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wirch
        • Wirch is located in Dickey County (ND)
      • Ellendale
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellendale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
        • Ellendale is located in Dickey County (ND)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,179 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ellendale <4>
      • Duane
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duane have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane
        • Duane is located in Dickey County (ND)
      • Merricourt
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merricourt
        • Merricourt is located in Dickey County (ND)
      • Boynton
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boynton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
        • Boynton is located in Dickey County (ND)
      • Monango
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monango have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monango
        • Monango is located in Dickey County (ND)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
      • Silverleaf
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Silverleaf. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverleaf
        • Silverleaf is located in Dickey County (ND)
      • Keystone ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keystone have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
        • Keystone is located in Dickey County (ND)
      • Fullerton
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fullerton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullerton
        • Fullerton is located in Dickey County (ND)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fullerton <4>
  • LaMoure County
  • Logan County
  • McIntosh County
    • County Seat for McIntosh:   Ashley (ND)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Spring Creek Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Spring Creek Colony.
      • Lowell
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lowell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
        • Lowell is located in McIntosh County (ND)
      • Ashley
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley
        • Ashley is located in McIntosh County (ND)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashley <4>

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- Spring Creek Colony) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Spring Creek Colony. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.9091, Longitude: -98.8787       In this case, the coordinates for Spring Creek Colony 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.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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