Acton, Alabama
(Shelby County)

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To acquaint you with some of the communities near Acton: The community of Hoover lies just to the north (about 3 mi [4.83 km]^<1>). It has a population of 69,872^<2> people.

Just to the east of Acton is Indian Springs Village. It is 3 mi [4.83 km] away and has a population of 2,480 people.

Some other communities in the area: Helena, 4 mi [6.44 km] to the southwest; Pelham, 4 mi [6.44 km] to the south; Vestavia Hills, 6 mi [9.66 km] to the north.

Below are some other communities neighboring Acton:

Community	Population	Direction	Distance
Cahaba River Estates	---	W	Less than 2 mi
Southlake	---	E	Less than 2 mi
Chapel Hill	---	N	2 mi [3.22 km]
Highland Crest	---	NW	2 mi [3.22 km]
Langston Ford	---	SW	2 mi [3.22 km]
Mars Hill	---	W	2 mi [3.22 km]
Patton Chapel	---	N	2 mi [3.22 km]
Cahaba Valley Estates	---	S	3 mi [4.83 km]
Chestnut Ridge	---	NE	3 mi [4.83 km]

The largest community (within a 50 mile [80 km] radius) is Birmingham. It is located about 11 miles [17 km] to the north of Acton and has a population of 229,800 people.

Acton is located in Shelby County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Shelby: Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, Jefferson, Saint Clair and Talladega.

While not sharing a border with Shelby, the following counties are close to Acton: Tuscaloosa, Blount and Walker.

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

County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Acton
Bibb County	SW	Gray Hill	17 miles [27 km]
Blount County	E	Lowery	22 miles [35 km]
Chilton County	S	Minooka	21 miles [33 km]
Coosa County	SE	Blue Springs	27 miles [43 km]
Cullman County	N	Arkadelphia	38 miles [61 km]
Jefferson County	N	Chapel Hill	2 miles [3 km]
Saint Clair County	NE	Markeeta	21 miles [33 km]
Talladega County	SE	Mount Sharon	24 miles [38 km]
Tuscaloosa County	W	Bucksville	16 miles [25 km]
Walker County	NW	Quintown	25 miles [40 km]

Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Acton. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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