Nearest Communities to Wall,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Wall, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Wall:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Wall.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Wall is located in Pennington County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pennington County: Custer, Haakon, Jackson, Lawrence, Meade, Oglala Lakota & Weston (WY).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 24 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wall. Of these communities, 12 are located in counties other than Pennington 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 Wall (which is Pennington 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 Wall
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Pennington County (where Wall resides)
- County Website: www.co.pennington.sd.us/
- County Seat for Pennington: Rapid City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Pennington County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Pennington County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Pennington County
- Nearest Communities to Wall ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wall.
- Quinn
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quinn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinn
- Quinn is located in Pennington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quinn <4>
- Wasta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wasta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasta
- Wasta is located in Pennington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wasta <4>
- Owanka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owanka
- Owanka is located in Pennington County
- Estimated population in 2014: 29 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Owanka <4>
- Creighton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creighton
- Creighton is located in Pennington County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Creighton <4>
- Conata
(18 miles [29 km] to the south) - Wicksville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wicksville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wicksville
- Wicksville is located in Pennington County
- Imlay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - Scenic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic
- Scenic is located in Pennington County
- Estimated population in 2014: 60 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scenic <4>
- Creston ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Creston is located in Pennington County
- Mawl Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mawl Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mawl Springs
- Mawl Springs is located in Pennington County
- Pedro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north) - New Underwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Underwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Underwood
- New Underwood is located in Pennington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 679 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Underwood <4>
- Haakon County
- County Seat for Haakon: Philip
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Haakon County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Haakon County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Haakon County
- Nearest Communities to Wall ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wall.
- Grindstone
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grindstone have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grindstone
- Grindstone is located in Haakon County
- Dowling ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast) - Hilland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast) - Philip
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philip
- Philip is located in Haakon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 753 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Philip <4>
- Jackson County
- County Seat for Jackson: Kadoka
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Jackson County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Jackson County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Jackson County
- Nearest Communities to Wall ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wall.
- Cottonwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Cottonwood is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
- Cactus Flat
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cactus Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus Flat
- Cactus Flat is located in Jackson County
- Interior
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interior
- Interior is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Interior <4>
- Philip Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Philip Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philip Junction
- Philip Junction is located in Jackson County
- Sevenmile Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sevenmile Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevenmile Corner
- Sevenmile Corner is located in Jackson County
- Weta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Meade County
- County Website: www.meadecounty.org/
- County Seat for Meade: Sturgis
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Meade County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Meade County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Meade County
- Nearest Communities to Wall ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wall.
- Dalzell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north) - Elm Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Springs
- Elm Springs is located in Meade County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elm Springs <4>
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wall) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wall. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9917, Longitude: -102.2396 In this case, the coordinates for Wall 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. |