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Nearest Communities to Vivian,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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 west 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 from Vivian.<1>

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

Vivian is located in Lyman County.

The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lyman County: Brule, Buffalo, Gregory, Hughes, Hyde, Jones, Mellette, Stanley & Tripp.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 17 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Vivian. Of these communities, 14 are located in counties other than Lyman 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 Vivian (which is Lyman 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 Vivian

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

  • Lyman County   (where Vivian resides)
    • County Seat for Lyman:   Kennebec
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Vivian   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Vivian.
      • Presho
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Presho have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presho
        • Presho is located in Lyman County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Presho <4>
      • Kennebec
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Lyman
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
        • Lyman is located in Lyman County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 43 people
  • Hughes County
    • County Seat for Hughes:   Pierre
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Vivian   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Vivian.
      • Alto
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
        • Alto is located in Hughes County
      • Rousseau
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rousseau have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rousseau
        • Rousseau is located in Hughes County
      • Pierre
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pierre have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierre
        • Pierre is located in Hughes County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,708 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pierre <4>
      • De Grey
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for De Grey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Grey
        • De Grey is located in Hughes County
  • Jones County
    • County Seat for Jones:   Murdo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Vivian   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Vivian.
      • Draper
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Draper have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
        • Draper is located in Jones County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Draper <4>
      • Murdo
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murdo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murdo
        • Murdo is located in Jones County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murdo <4>
      • Westover ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
        • Westover is located in Jones County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 6 people
      • Van Metre
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Van Metre have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Metre
        • Van Metre is located in Jones County
      • Okaton
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Mellette County
  • Stanley County
    • County Seat for Stanley:   Fort Pierre
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Vivian   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Vivian.
      • Teton
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Teton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teton
        • Teton is located in Stanley County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 59 people
      • Wendte
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wendte have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendte
        • Wendte is located in Stanley County
      • Fort Pierre
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Verendrye Hill
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verendrye Hill
        • Verendrye Hill is located in Stanley County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 5 people

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- Vivian) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Vivian. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9269, Longitude: -100.2921       In this case, the coordinates for Vivian 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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