Brookings, South Dakota

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Watertown. It is located about 45 miles [72 km] to the northwest of Brookings and has a population of 20,237 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Marshall (MN). It is located about 50 miles [80 km] to the east of Brookings and has a population of 12,735 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Canby (MN)	NE	38 mi [61.2 km]	1,710	10.14% decrease
	Minneota (MN)	NE	43 mi [69.2 km]	1,366	5.73% decrease
	Pipestone (MN)	SE	31 mi [49.89 km]	4,131	3.48% decrease
	Tyler (MN)	E	32 mi [51.5 km]	1,122	7.88% decrease
	Brandon	S	50 mi [80.5 km]	8,757	53.82% increase
	Clear Lake	N	32 mi [51.5 km]	1,225	8.24% decrease
	De Smet	W	38 mi [61.2 km]	1,051	9.71% decrease
	Dell Rapids	S	33 mi [53.1 km]	3,431	15.13% increase
	Flandreau	SE	20 mi [32.19 km]	2,222	6.48% decrease
	Garretson	S	43 mi [69.2 km]	1,198	2.83% increase
	Hartford	S	47 mi [75.6 km]	2,436	32.1% increase
	Howard	SW	41 mi [66 km]	891	16.81% decrease
	Madison	SW	26 mi [41.84 km]	6,482	0.89% decrease
	Salem	SW	50 mi [80.5 km]	1,321	3.65% decrease
	Volga	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	1,583	10.31% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Hendricks (MN)	NE	22 mi [35.41 km]	648	10.62% decrease
	Arlington	W	17 mi [27.36 km]	935	5.75% decrease
	Astoria	NE	21 mi [33.8 km]	133	11.33% decrease
	Aurora	E	5 mi [8.05 km]	471	5.8% decrease
	Bruce	NW	10 mi [16.09 km]	260	4.41% decrease
	Bushnell	E	7 mi [11.27 km]	68	9.33% decrease
	Colman	S	22 mi [35.41 km]	548	4.2% decrease
	Egan	S	22 mi [35.41 km]	245	7.55% decrease
	Elkton	E	15 mi [24.14 km]	644	4.87% decrease
	Estelline	N	19 mi [30.58 km]	666	1.33% decrease
	Nunda	SW	15 mi [24.14 km]	47	---
	Sinai	W	13 mi [20.92 km]	120	9.77% decrease
	Toronto	N	19 mi [30.58 km]	175	13.37% decrease
	Ward	SE	19 mi [30.58 km]	49	19.51% increase
	White	NE	11 mi [17.7 km]	512	3.4% decrease

Brookings County

Brookings is located in Brookings County and is the county seat.

Below are counties that are near Brookings (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Brookings:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Brookings
	Lincoln County (MN)	NE	Hendricks (MN)	22 miles [35 km]
	Lyon County (MN)	E	Florence (MN)	36 miles [57 km]
	Pipestone County (MN)	SE	Cresson (MN)	21 miles [33 km]
	Yellow Medicine County (MN)	NE	Burr (MN)	37 miles [59 km]
	Codington County	N	Appleby	37 miles [59 km]
	Deuel County	N	Johnsonville	16 miles [25 km]
	Hamlin County	N	Estelline	19 miles [30 km]
	Kingsbury County	W	Arlington	17 miles [27 km]
	Lake County	SW	Nunda	15 miles [24 km]
	Miner County	W	Cloverleaf Colony	38 miles [61 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for South Dakota<3>

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