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Nearest Communities to White Lake,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.<1>

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

White Lake is located in Aurora County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Aurora County: Brule, Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas, Jerauld & Sanborn.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 35 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of White Lake. Of these communities, 31 are located in counties other than Aurora 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 White Lake (which is Aurora 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 White Lake

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

  • Aurora County   (where White Lake resides)
    • County Seat for Aurora:   Plankinton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to White Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from White Lake.
      • Plankinton
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Aurora Center
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Aurora Center is located in Aurora County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora Center
      • Stickney
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Storla
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Storla is located in Aurora County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storla
        • Population from the 2010 Census: 6 people
  • Brule County
    • County Website:   https://www.brulecounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Brule:   Chamberlain
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to White Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from White Lake.
      • Kimball
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Cedar Grove Colony
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Cedar Grove Colony is located in Brule County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Colony
      • Lyonville
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Lyonville is located in Brule County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonville
        • Estimated population in 2014: 49 people
      • Eagle
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Eagle is located in Brule County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle
        • Estimated population in 2014: 17 people
      • Pukwana
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Bijou Hills
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Bijou Hills is located in Brule County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bijou Hills
      • Ola
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Ola is located in Brule County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ola
        • Estimated population in 2014: 108 people
      • Grandview
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Grandview is located in Brule County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
  • Buffalo County
  • Charles Mix County
  • Davison County
  • Douglas County
    • County Website:   https://douglas.sdcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Douglas:   Armour
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to White Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from White Lake.
      • Joubert
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Joubert is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joubert
        • Estimated population in 2014: 126 people
      • New Holland
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Harrison
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Corsica
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Grandview ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Grandview is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
      • Hillside
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Hillside is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
        • Estimated population in 2014: 31 people
  • Jerauld County
  • Sanborn County

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- White Lake) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.