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Nearest Communities to Vale,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

Vale is located in Butte County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Butte County: Carter (MT), Harding, Lawrence, Meade, Perkins & Crook (WY).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 62 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Vale. Of these communities, 52 are located in counties other than Butte 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 Vale (which is Butte 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 Vale

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

  • Butte County   (where Vale resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.buttesd.org/
    • County Seat for Butte:   Belle Fourche
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Vale   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Vale.
      • Empire
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Empire is located in Butte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
      • Newell
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Nisland
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Fruitdale
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Snoma ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Snoma is located in Butte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snoma
      • Arpan
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Arpan is located in Butte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arpan
      • Jolly
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Jolly is located in Butte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
      • Belle Fourche
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Jolly Dump
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Jolly Dump is located in Butte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly Dump
      • Castle Rock
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Lawrence County
    • County Website:   https://www.lawrence.sd.us/
    • County Seat for Lawrence:   Deadwood
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Vale   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Vale.
      • Whitewood
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Crook City
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Saint Onge
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Centennial City ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Centennial City is located in Lawrence County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial City
      • Elizabethtown ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Elizabethtown is located in Lawrence County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
      • Galena
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Deadwood
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Spearfish
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Virginia ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Virginia is located in Lawrence County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia
      • Blacktail
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Blacktail is located in Lawrence County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacktail
      • Gayville
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Gayville is located in Lawrence County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayville
      • Lancaster City ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Lancaster City is located in Lawrence County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster City
        • Estimated population in 2014: 419 people
      • Continue List   (29 more) ...
        • Maitland
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Maitland is located in Lawrence County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland
        • Pluma
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Pluma is located in Lawrence County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pluma
        • Carterville ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Carterville is located in Lawrence County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carterville
        • Central City
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Lead
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Terraville
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Terraville is located in Lawrence County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terraville
        • North Spearfish
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • North Spearfish is located in Lawrence County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spearfish
          • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,221 people
        • Channing ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Channing is located in Lawrence County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Channing
        • Cartesville ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Cartesville is located in Lawrence County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartesville
        • Brownsville ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Brownsville is located in Lawrence County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
        • Carbonate ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Flatiron ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Flatiron is located in Lawrence County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatiron
          • Estimated population in 2014: 15 people
        • Kirk
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Kirk is located in Lawrence County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
        • Roubaix
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Benchmark
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Benchmark is located in Lawrence County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchmark
        • Greenwood
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Novak
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Novak is located in Lawrence County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novak
        • Tomahawk
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Tomahawk is located in Lawrence County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
          • Estimated population in 2014: 36 people
        • Carthage ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Carthage is located in Lawrence County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
        • Maurice
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Terry
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Terry is located in Lawrence County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
        • Trojan
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Woodville
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Nemo
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Englewood
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Englewood is located in Lawrence County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
          • Estimated population in 2014: 25 people
        • Preston
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Ragged Top ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Ragged Top is located in Lawrence County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragged Top
          • Estimated population in 2014: 73 people
        • Victoria
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Victoria is located in Lawrence County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
        • Dacy ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Dacy is located in Lawrence County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacy
  • Meade County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Vale) 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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