Nearest Communities to Skull Creek,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Skull Creek, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Skull Creek:
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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Skull Creek.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Skull Creek is located in 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 42 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Skull Creek. Of these communities, 26 are located in counties other than Weston 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 Skull Creek (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 Skull Creek
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Weston County (where Skull Creek resides)
- County Website: https://www.westongov.com/
- County Seat for Weston: Newcastle
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Skull Creek ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Skull Creek.
- Horton ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Horton is located in Weston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Clay Spur
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clay Spur is located in Weston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Spur
- Osage
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jerome
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jerome is located in Weston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Four Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Upton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Buckhorn ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Buckhorn is located in Weston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Pedro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pedro is located in Weston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedro
- Cambria ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cambria is located in Weston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Colloid
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Colloid is located in Weston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colloid
- Bentley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bentley is located in Weston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley
- Thornton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Thornton is located in Weston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Newcastle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hill View Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hill View Heights is located in Weston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill View Heights
- Spencer ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Spencer is located in Weston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- Fairview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Weston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Crook County
- County Website: https://www.crookcounty.wy.gov/
- County Seat for Crook: Sundance
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Skull Creek ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Skull Creek.
- Moskee ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Moskee is located in Crook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moskee
- Willow Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Springs is located in Crook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
- Linden
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Linden is located in Crook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Sundance
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sand Creek Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Creek Crossing is located in Crook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek Crossing
- Kara
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Kara is located in Crook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kara
- Pine Haven
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Moorcroft
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lawrence County
- County Website: https://www.lawrence.sd.us/
- County Seat for Lawrence: Deadwood (SD)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Skull Creek ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Skull Creek.
- Tinton ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tinton is located in Lawrence County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinton
- Estimated population in 2014: 477 people
- Beaver Crossing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Crossing is located in Lawrence County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Crossing
- Cheyenne Crossing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cheyenne Crossing is located in Lawrence County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne Crossing
- Elmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elmore is located in Lawrence County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
- Hanna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hanna is located in Lawrence County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanna
- Savoy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dacy ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dacy is located in Lawrence County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacy
- Dumont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Dumont is located in Lawrence County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumont
- Estimated population in 2014: 45 people
- Preston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Preston is located in Lawrence County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Estimated population in 2014: 185 people
- Ragged Top ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ragged Top is located in Lawrence County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragged Top
- Estimated population in 2014: 73 people
- Nahant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Nahant is located in Lawrence County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahant
- Maurice
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Maurice is located in Lawrence County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maurice
- Trojan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Trojan is located in Lawrence County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trojan
- Estimated population in 2014: 627 people
- Victoria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Victoria is located in Lawrence County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Pennington County
- County Website: https://pennco.org/
- County Seat for Pennington: Rapid City (SD)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Skull Creek ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Skull Creek.
- Moon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Moon is located in Pennington County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon
- Deerfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Deerfield is located in Pennington County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Copper Camp ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Copper Camp is located in Pennington County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Camp
- Florence ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Florence is located in Pennington County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
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- Skull Creek) 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. |