Nearest Communities to Sweetland,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Sweetland, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Sweetland:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Sweetland is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Hand County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hand County: Beadle, Buffalo, Faulk, Hyde, Jerauld & Spink.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 26 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sweetland. Of these communities, 16 are located in counties other than Hand County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Sweetland (which is Hand 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 Sweetland
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Hand County (where Sweetland resides)
- County Seat for Hand: Miller
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Hand County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Hand County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Hand County
- Nearest Communities to Sweetland ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Sweetland.
- Ames
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames
- Ames is located in Hand County
- Miller Dale Colony
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miller Dale Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Dale Colony
- Miller Dale Colony is located in Hand County
- Danforth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Miller
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- Miller is located in Hand County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miller <5>
- Saint Lawrence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Lawrence have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Lawrence
- Saint Lawrence is located in Hand County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Lawrence <5>
- Vayland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast) - Ree Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ree Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ree Heights
- Ree Heights is located in Hand County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ree Heights <5>
- Florence ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north) - Burdette
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north) - Polo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Beadle County
- County Website: www.beadlecounty.org/
- County Seat for Beadle: Huron
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Beadle County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Beadle County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Beadle County
- Nearest Communities to Sweetland ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Sweetland.
- Wessington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wessington have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wessington
- Wessington is located in Beadle County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wessington <5>
- Wolsey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolsey have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolsey
- Wolsey is located in Beadle County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wolsey <5>
- Virgil
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Virgil have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgil
- Virgil is located in Beadle County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Virgil <5>
- Bonilla
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonilla
- Bonilla is located in Beadle County
- Buffalo County
- County Seat for Buffalo: Gann Valley
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Buffalo County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Buffalo County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Buffalo County
- Nearest Communities to Sweetland ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Sweetland.
- Gann Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann Valley
- Gann Valley is located in Buffalo County
- Population from the 2010 Census: 14 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gann Valley <5>
- Lees Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lees Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Corner
- Lees Corner is located in Buffalo County
- Shelby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south) - Crow Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crow Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Creek
- Crow Creek is located in Buffalo County
- Fort Thompson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Thompson have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Thompson
- Fort Thompson is located in Buffalo County
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,282 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Thompson <5>
- Hyde County
- County Seat for Hyde: Highmore
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Hyde County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Hyde County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Hyde County
- Nearest Communities to Sweetland ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Sweetland.
- Bramhall ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest) - Macs Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macs Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macs Corner
- Macs Corner is located in Hyde County
- Stephan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephan
- Stephan is located in Hyde County
- Estimated population in 2014: 192 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stephan <5>
- Highmore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmore
- Highmore is located in Hyde County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 712 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Highmore <5>
- Jerauld County
- County Seat for Jerauld: Wessington Springs
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Jerauld County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Jerauld County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Jerauld County
- Nearest Communities to Sweetland ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Sweetland.
- Spring Valley Colony
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley Colony
- Spring Valley Colony is located in Jerauld County
- Wessington Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wessington Springs
- Wessington Springs is located in Jerauld County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 899 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wessington Springs <5>
- Crow Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
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- Sweetland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sweetland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3405, Longitude: -98.9848 In this case, the coordinates for Sweetland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sweetland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
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