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Nearest Communities to Spencer,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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 Spencer.<1>

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

Although our information shows that the community of Spencer 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 40 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Spencer. Of these communities, 24 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 Spencer (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 Spencer

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

  • Weston County   (where Spencer resides)
    • County Seat for Weston:   Newcastle
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Spencer   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Spencer.
      • Hill View Heights
        (2 miles [3.2 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
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Cambria ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cambria have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
        • Cambria is located in Weston County
      • Clifton ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clifton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
        • Clifton is located in Weston County
      • Pedro
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pedro have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedro
        • Pedro is located in Weston County
      • Dakoming
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dakoming have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dakoming
        • Dakoming is located in Weston County
      • Osage
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Four Corners
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Morrisey
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morrisey have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisey
        • Morrisey is located in Weston County
      • Clay Spur
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Spur
        • Clay Spur is located in Weston County
      • Horton ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
        • Horton is located in Weston County
      • Skull Creek
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skull Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skull Creek
        • Skull Creek is located in Weston County
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Fairview
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairview have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
          • Fairview is located in Weston County
        • Buckhorn ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buckhorn have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
          • Buckhorn is located in Weston County
        • Jerome
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jerome have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
          • Jerome is located in Weston County
        • Clareton ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clareton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clareton
          • Clareton is located in Weston County
  • Niobrara County
  • Custer County
    • County Seat for Custer:   Custer (SD)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Spencer   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Spencer.
      • Dewey
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
        • Dewey is located in Custer County (SD)
      • Danoby ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Danoby have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danoby
        • Danoby is located in Custer County (SD)
      • Junction Ranger Station
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • 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
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • 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)
      • Fourmile
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fourmile have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile
        • Fourmile is located in Custer County (SD)
        • Estimated population in 2014: 70 people
      • Berne
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berne have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berne
        • Berne is located in Custer County (SD)
      • Custer
        (28 miles [45.1 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>
      • Sanator
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sanator have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanator
        • Sanator is located in Custer County (SD)
        • Estimated population in 2014: 1,350 people
      • Nihart
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nihart have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nihart
        • Nihart is located in Custer County (SD)
      • Sylvan Lake Resort
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • 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)
      • Pringle
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • 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>
  • Fall River County
    • County Seat for Fall River:   Hot Springs (SD)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Spencer   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Spencer.
      • Burdock
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burdock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdock
        • Burdock is located in Fall River County (SD)
      • Marietta
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marietta have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
        • Marietta is located in Fall River County (SD)
  • Pennington County
    • County Website:   www.co.pennington.sd.us/
    • County Seat for Pennington:   Rapid City (SD)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Spencer   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Spencer.
      • Moon
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon
        • Moon is located in Pennington County (SD)
      • Deerfield
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deerfield have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
        • Deerfield is located in Pennington County (SD)
      • Oreville
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oreville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreville
        • Oreville is located in Pennington County (SD)
      • Copper Camp ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copper Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Camp
        • Copper Camp is located in Pennington County (SD)
      • Clara Belle Camp ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • 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)
      • Reno
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reno have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
        • Reno is located in Pennington County (SD)
      • Redfern
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redfern have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfern
        • Redfern is located in Pennington County (SD)
      • Tigerville
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tigerville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigerville
        • Tigerville is located in Pennington County (SD)
      • Florence ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Florence have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
        • Florence is located in Pennington County (SD)
      • Myersville
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Myersville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myersville
        • Myersville is located in Pennington County (SD)
        • Estimated population in 2014: 10 people

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- Spencer) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Spencer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7895, Longitude: -104.1624       In this case, the coordinates for Spencer 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 Spencer, 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.




 

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