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Nearest Communities to Wewela,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Wewela.<1>

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

Wewela is located in Tripp County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Tripp County: Keya Paha (NE), Gregory, Lyman, Mellette & Todd.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 25 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wewela. Of these communities, 19 are located in counties other than Tripp 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 Wewela (which is Tripp 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 Wewela

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

  • Tripp County   (where Wewela resides)
    • County Seat for Tripp:   Winner
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wewela   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wewela.
      • Millboro
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Clearfield
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Colome
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colome have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colome
        • Colome is located in Tripp County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colome <4>
      • Keyapaha
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keyapaha have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyapaha
        • Keyapaha is located in Tripp County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 21 people
      • Winner
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winner
        • Winner is located in Tripp County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,787 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winner <4>
      • Jordan Junction
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Gregory County
    • County Seat for Gregory:   Burke
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wewela   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wewela.
      • Carlock
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carlock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlock
        • Carlock is located in Gregory County
      • Dallas
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dallas have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
        • Dallas is located in Gregory County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dallas <4>
      • Gregory
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gregory have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
        • Gregory is located in Gregory County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,250 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gregory <4>
      • Burke
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burke have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
        • Burke is located in Gregory County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 588 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burke <4>
      • Dixon
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dixon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
        • Dixon is located in Gregory County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 118 people
      • Herrick
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Herrick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrick
        • Herrick is located in Gregory County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Herrick <4>
  • Brown County
  • Cherry County
  • Keya Paha County
    • County Website:   www.co.keya-paha.ne.us/
    • County Seat for Keya Paha:   Springview (NE)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wewela   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wewela.
      • Burton
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
        • Burton is located in Keya Paha County (NE)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 9 people
      • Springview
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Mills
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Meadville
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Norden
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Riverview
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
        • Riverview is located in Keya Paha County (NE)
      • Brocksburg
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brocksburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brocksburg
        • Brocksburg is located in Keya Paha County (NE)
      • Jamison
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jamison have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
        • Jamison is located in Keya Paha County (NE)
      • Carns ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Carns. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carns
        • Carns is located in Keya Paha County (NE)
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Carns
        • From Wewela to Carns
  • Rock County
    • County Seat for Rock:   Bassett (NE)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wewela   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wewela.
      • Dyer
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dyer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
        • Dyer is located in Rock County (NE)
      • Mariaville ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mariaville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville
        • Mariaville is located in Rock County (NE)
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Mariaville
        • From Wewela to Mariaville

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wewela) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wewela. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0140, Longitude: -99.7808    
<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.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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