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Nearest Communities to Alva,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 north 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 Alva.<1>

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

Alva is located in Crook County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Crook County: Carter (MT), Powder River (MT), Butte (SD), Lawrence (SD), Campbell & Weston.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 25 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Alva. Of these communities, 7 are located in counties other than Crook 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 Alva (which is Crook 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 Alva

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

  • Crook County   (where Alva resides)
    • County Seat for Crook:   Sundance
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Alva   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Alva.
      • Hulett
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Mona
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mona have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mona
        • Mona is located in Crook County
      • Seely
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seely have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seely
        • Seely is located in Crook County
      • Farrall
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farrall have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrall
        • Farrall is located in Crook County
      • Aladdin
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Devils Tower
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Colony
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
        • Colony is located in Crook County
      • Carlile Junction
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carlile Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlile Junction
        • Carlile Junction is located in Crook County
      • Sundance
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Beulah
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • New Haven
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
        • New Haven is located in Crook County
      • Carlile
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Sand Creek Crossing
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Creek Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek Crossing
          • Sand Creek Crossing is located in Crook County
        • Oshoto
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oshoto have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshoto
          • Oshoto is located in Crook County
        • Linden
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Linden have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
          • Linden is located in Crook County
        • Pine Haven
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Willow Springs
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
          • Willow Springs is located in Crook County
        • Stroner
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stroner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroner
          • Stroner is located in Crook County
  • Carter County
  • Butte County
    • County Seat for Butte:   Belle Fourche (SD)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Alva   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Alva.
      • Belle Fourche
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belle Fourche have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Fourche
        • Belle Fourche is located in Butte County (SD)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,742 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belle Fourche <3>
      • Jolly Dump
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jolly Dump have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly Dump
        • Jolly Dump is located in Butte County (SD)
      • Jolly
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jolly have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
        • Jolly is located in Butte County (SD)
  • Lawrence County
    • County Website:   www.lawrence.sd.us/
    • County Seat for Lawrence:   Deadwood (SD)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Alva   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Alva.
      • North Spearfish
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Spearfish have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spearfish
        • North Spearfish is located in Lawrence County (SD)
        • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,221 people
      • Tinton ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinton
        • Tinton is located in Lawrence County (SD)
        • Estimated population in 2014: 477 people
      • Beaver Crossing
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Crossing
        • Beaver Crossing is located in Lawrence County (SD)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Alva) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alva. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6949, Longitude: -104.4412    
<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.
<4>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.




 

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