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Nearest Communities to Westport,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Westport.<1>

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

Westport is located in Brown County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Brown County: Dickey (ND), Sargent (ND), Day, Edmunds, Faulk, Marshall, McPherson & Spink.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 55 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Westport. Of these communities, 20 are located in counties other than Brown 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 Westport (which is Brown 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 Westport

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

  • Brown County   (where Westport resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.brown.sd.us/
    • County Seat for Brown:   Aberdeen
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Westport   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Westport.
      • Barnard
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Ordway
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Ordway is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ordway
        • Estimated population in 2014: 306 people
      • Fisher Estates
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Fisher Estates is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Estates
      • Bieglers First Addition
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Richmond Lake Heights Development
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Columbia
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Gederos Estates
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Gederos Estates is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gederos Estates
        • Estimated population in 2014: 212 people
      • Richfield Heights
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Richfield Heights is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richfield Heights
      • Pleasant Vally Development
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Prairie Wood Village Addition
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Prairie Wood Village Addition is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Wood Village Addition
        • Estimated population in 2014: 276 people
      • Richmond Heights
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Richmond Heights is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Heights
      • Richmond
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Richmond is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
      • Continue List   (23 more) ...
        • Harlin Addition
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
          • Harlin Addition is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlin Addition
        • Frederick
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Aberdeen
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Plana
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Plana is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plana
        • Melrose Addition
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
          • Melrose Addition is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Addition
          • Estimated population in 2014: 221 people
        • Jobee Acres
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
          • Jobee Acres is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobee Acres
          • Estimated population in 2014: 15 people
        • Bath
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Tacoma Park
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Tacoma Park is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacoma Park
          • Estimated population in 2014: 413 people
        • Houghton
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Bath Corner
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Bath Corner is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Corner
        • Putney
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • Putney is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putney
          • Estimated population in 2014: 104 people
        • Nahon
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Nahon is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahon
        • James
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • James is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
        • Huffton
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • Huffton is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffton
          • Estimated population in 2014: 316 people
        • Winship
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Winship is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winship
          • Estimated population in 2014: 2,862 people
        • Rudolph
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Rudolph is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudolph
        • Warner
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Claremont
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Hecla
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Groton
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Stratford
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Mansfield
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Ferney
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Clark County
  • Edmunds County
  • Marshall County
  • McPherson County
    • County Website:   https://mcpherson.sdcounties.org/
    • County Seat for McPherson:   Leola
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Westport   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Westport.
      • Wetonka
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Wetonka is located in McPherson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetonka
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 7 people
      • Long Lake Colony
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Long Lake Colony is located in McPherson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake Colony
        • Estimated population in 2014: 332 people
      • Leola
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Leola is located in McPherson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leola
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leola <3>
      • Spring Creek Colony
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Spring Creek Colony is located in McPherson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek Colony
        • Population from the 2010 Census: 268 people
  • Spink County
  • Dickey County
    • County Website:   https://www.dickeynd.com/
    • County Seat for Dickey:   Ellendale (ND)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Westport   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Westport.
      • Ellendale
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Forbes
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Forbes is located in Dickey County (ND)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forbes <3>
      • Silverleaf
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Silverleaf is located in Dickey County (ND)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverleaf
      • Eaton ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Eaton is located in Dickey County (ND)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton
      • Guelph
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Guelph is located in Dickey County (ND)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guelph
      • Duane
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Duane is located in Dickey County (ND)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane
      • Ludden
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Ludden is located in Dickey County (ND)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludden
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
      • Port Emma ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Port Emma is located in Dickey County (ND)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Emma

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Westport) 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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