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Alton, Alabama

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Birmingham. It lies just west of Alton and has a population of 242,820 people.<1>

The next largest community is Hoover. It is located about 16 miles [25 km] to the southwest of Alton and has a population of 62,742 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Alabaster   SW25 mi [40.23 km]29,35229.77% increase
 Anniston   E47 mi [75.6 km]23,6622.53% decrease
 Bessemer   SW23 mi [37.01 km]28,5423.81% decrease
 Center Point   NW5 mi [8.05 km]---
 Cullman   N43 mi [69.2 km]15,2959.29% increase
 Gadsden   NE46 mi [74 km]36,8165.55% decrease
 Homewood   SW12 mi [19.31 km]23,8404.8% decrease
 Hueytown   SW24 mi [38.62 km]15,7512.52% increase
 Jasper   NW41 mi [66 km]14,1310.56% increase
 Mountain Brook   SW8 mi [12.87 km]21,0612.22% increase
 Oxford   E43 mi [69.2 km]20,62241.32% increase
 Pelham   S19 mi [30.58 km]21,26648% increase
 Talladega   E32 mi [51.5 km]16,94311.89% increase
 Trussville   NE5 mi [8.05 km]18,98546.9% increase
 Vestavia Hills   SW10 mi [16.09 km]30,89226.21% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Acmar   E8 mi [12.87 km]---
 Breakstone Village   NE5 mi [8.05 km]---
 Cahaba Village   NE3 mi [4.83 km]---
 Chalkville   N5 mi [8.05 km]---
 Gate City   SW5 mi [8.05 km]---
 Grayson Valley   N4 mi [6.44 km]---
 Irondale   SW3 mi [4.83 km]9,6771.39% decrease
 Leeds   SE4 mi [6.44 km]11,3128.2% increase
 Lola City   E2 mi [3.22 km]---
 Marks Village   SW5 mi [8.05 km]---
 Scott City   SE4 mi [6.44 km]---
 Tarrant City   W7 mi [11.27 km]---
 Tarrant   W7 mi [11.27 km]6,4997.45% decrease
 Woodland Village   E6 mi [9.66 km]---
 Zion City   W5 mi [8.05 km]---

Jefferson County

Alton is located in Jefferson County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jefferson: Bibb, Blount, Saint Clair, Shelby, Tuscaloosa and Walker.

While not sharing a border with Jefferson, the following counties are close to Alton: Talladega, Coosa and Cullman.

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Alton
 Bibb County   SWGray Hill34 miles [54 km]
 Blount County   NBrentwood13 miles [20 km]
 Calhoun County   EFombys Ferry32 miles [51 km]
 Chilton County   SCalera31 miles [49 km]
 Clay County   SEChambers Springs39 miles [62 km]
 Coosa County   NESmiths Ferry20 miles [32 km]
 Cullman County   NWBlack Bottom28 miles [45 km]
 Etowah County   NEMoodys Chapel33 miles [53 km]
 Saint Clair County   EMarkeeta5 miles [8 km]
 Shelby County   SEDunavant7 miles [11 km]



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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) Alton. 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.

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Other...     Veterinarians      

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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Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Alton.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Alton and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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