Nearest Communities to Clifton,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Clifton, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Clifton:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Clifton.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Clifton is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Weston County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Weston County: Custer (SD), Lawrence (SD), Pennington (SD), Campbell, Converse, Crook & Niobrara.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 39 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Clifton. Of these communities, 28 are located in counties other than Weston County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Clifton (which is Weston 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 Clifton
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Weston County (where Clifton resides)
- County Seat for Weston: Newcastle
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Wyoming
- Weston County
- From Family Search:
- State of Wyoming
- Weston County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Wyoming
- Weston County
- Nearest Communities to Clifton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Clifton.
- Dakoming
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Spencer ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Hill View Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hill View Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill View Heights
- Hill View Heights is located in Weston County
- Newcastle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcastle
- Newcastle is located in Weston County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,314 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newcastle <5>
- Morrisey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest) - Cambria ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north) - Pedro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest) - Osage
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
- Osage is located in Weston County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osage <5>
- Four Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Four Corners is located in Weston County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Four Corners <5>
- Clareton ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west) - Fairview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Niobrara County
- County Seat for Niobrara: Lusk
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Wyoming
- Niobrara County
- From Family Search:
- State of Wyoming
- Niobrara County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Wyoming
- Niobrara County
- Nearest Communities to Clifton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Clifton.
- Riverview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south) - Redbird
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Custer County
- County Seat for Custer: Custer (SD)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Custer County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Custer County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Custer County
- Nearest Communities to Clifton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Clifton.
- Dewey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
- Dewey is located in Custer County (SD)
- Danoby ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast) - Fourmile
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east) - Ivanhoe ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast) - Argyle
(23 miles [37 km] to the east) - Sanator
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east) - Junction Ranger Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Junction Ranger Station have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction Ranger Station
- Junction Ranger Station is located in Custer County (SD)
- Vestal Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vestal Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vestal Springs
- Vestal Springs is located in Custer County (SD)
- Nihart
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east) - Pringle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pringle have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
- Pringle is located in Custer County (SD)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pringle <5>
- Berne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast) - Custer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Custer have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Custer is located in Custer County (SD)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,926 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Custer <5>
- Cold Spring II ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Spring II have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring II
- Cold Spring II is located in Custer County (SD)
- Sylvan Lake Resort
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sylvan Lake Resort have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan Lake Resort
- Sylvan Lake Resort is located in Custer County (SD)
- Fall River County
- County Seat for Fall River: Hot Springs (SD)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Fall River County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Fall River County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Fall River County
- Nearest Communities to Clifton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Clifton.
- Burdock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Marietta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast) - Minnekahta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minnekahta have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnekahta
- Minnekahta is located in Fall River County (SD)
- Dudley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast) - Edgemont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgemont have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont
- Edgemont is located in Fall River County (SD)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 718 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edgemont <5>
- Dennis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast) - Erskine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pennington County
- County Website: www.co.pennington.sd.us/
- County Seat for Pennington: Rapid City (SD)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Pennington County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Pennington County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Pennington County
- Nearest Communities to Clifton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Clifton.
- Moon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north) - Oreville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast) - Clara Belle Camp ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clara Belle Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara Belle Camp
- Clara Belle Camp is located in Pennington County (SD)
- Deerfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast) - Reno
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Clifton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Clifton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6408, Longitude: -104.0944 In this case, the coordinates for Clifton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Clifton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |