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

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

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

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

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

White River is located in Mellette County and is the County Seat.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mellette County: Bennett, Jackson, Jones, Lyman, Todd & Tripp.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 24 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of White River. Of these communities, 18 are located in counties other than Mellette 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 River (which is Mellette 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 River

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

  • Mellette County   (where White River resides)
    • County Seat for Mellette:   White River
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to White River   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from White River.
      • Cedar Butte
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Butte have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Butte
        • Cedar Butte is located in Mellette County
      • Wood
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood
        • Wood is located in Mellette County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wood <4>
      • Badnation
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Badnation have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badnation
        • Badnation is located in Mellette County
      • Corn Creek
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corn Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Creek
        • Corn Creek is located in Mellette County
      • Mosher
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mosher have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosher
        • Mosher is located in Mellette County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 25 people
      • Norris
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Bennett County
  • Jackson County
  • Jones County
    • County Seat for Jones:   Murdo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to White River   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from White River.
      • Westover ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
        • Westover is located in Jones County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 6 people
      • Murdo
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • 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>
      • Okaton
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Draper
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • 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>
  • Todd County
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to White River   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from White River.
      • Mission
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Soldier Creek
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Soldier Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldier Creek
        • Soldier Creek is located in Todd County
        • Population from the 2010 Census: 227 people
      • Antelope
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope
        • Antelope is located in Todd County
      • White Horse
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Horse have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
        • White Horse is located in Todd County
      • Okreek
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Parmelee
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Rosebud
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Two Strike
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Two Strike have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Strike
        • Two Strike is located in Todd County
        • Population from the 2010 Census: 209 people
      • Hidden Timber
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Timber
        • Hidden Timber is located in Todd County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 45 people
      • Olsonville
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olsonville
        • Olsonville is located in Todd County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 72 people
      • Saint Francis
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Tripp 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- White River) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in White River. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5672, Longitude: -100.7449       In this case, the coordinates for White River 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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