Anderson, Alabama

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Huntsville. It is located about 39 miles [62 km] to the east of Anderson and has a population of 158,216 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Decatur. It is located about 28 miles [45 km] to the southeast of Anderson and has a population of 53,929 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Athens	SE	20 mi [32.19 km]	23,715	25.03% increase
	Florence	W	23 mi [37.01 km]	37,877	4.45% increase
	Haleyville	S	50 mi [80.5 km]	4,047	3.23% decrease
	Hartselle	SE	37 mi [59.5 km]	13,888	15.55% increase
	Madison	SE	32 mi [51.5 km]	38,714	32% increase
	Muscle Shoals	SW	23 mi [37.01 km]	13,032	9.29% increase
	Russellville	SW	38 mi [61.2 km]	8,918	0.59% decrease
	Sheffield	SW	26 mi [41.84 km]	9,127	5.44% decrease
	Tuscumbia	SW	27 mi [43.45 km]	8,308	5.75% increase
	Columbia (TN)	N	50 mi [80.5 km]	34,402	4.08% increase
	Fayetteville (TN)	NE	43 mi [69.2 km]	7,166	2.46% increase
	Lawrenceburg (TN)	N	23 mi [37.01 km]	10,778	0.17% decrease
	Lewisburg (TN)	NE	45 mi [72.4 km]	11,003	5.67% increase
	Mount Pleasant (TN)	N	45 mi [72.4 km]	4,443	1.07% decrease
	Pulaski (TN)	NE	23 mi [37.01 km]	7,847	0.3% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Courtland	S	17 mi [27.36 km]	764	0.65% decrease
	Elgin	SW	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Elkmont	E	16 mi [25.75 km]	546	16.17% increase
	Ford City	SW	17 mi [27.36 km]	---
	Green Hill	W	14 mi [22.53 km]	---
	Killen	W	15 mi [24.14 km]	1,142	2.06% increase
	Lester	NE	8 mi [12.87 km]	120	12.15% increase
	Lexington	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]	843	0.36% increase
	North Courtland	S	16 mi [25.75 km]	798	0.13% decrease
	Rogersville	S	6 mi [9.66 km]	1,204	0.42% increase
	Wheeler Dam Village	SW	10 mi [16.09 km]	---
	Loretto (TN)	NW	14 mi [22.53 km]	1,705	2.4% increase
	Minor Hill (TN)	NE	10 mi [16.09 km]	451	3.2% increase
	Rascal Town (TN)	NW	11 mi [17.7 km]	---
	Saint Joseph (TN)	NW	15 mi [24.14 km]	856	3.26% increase

Lauderdale County

Anderson is located in Lauderdale County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lauderdale: Limestone, Lawrence, Colbert, Tishomingo (MS), Hardin (TN), Lawrence (TN), Wayne (TN) and Giles (TN).

While not sharing a border with Lauderdale, the following counties are close to Anderson: Madison, Morgan and Lincoln (TN).

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Anderson
	Colbert County	SW	Fosters Mill	13 miles [20 km]
	Franklin County	SW	Bethsaida	29 miles [46 km]
	Lawrence County	SW	Freeman Acres	10 miles [16 km]
	Limestone County	E	Cherry Grove	3 miles [4 km]
	Madison County	E	Ardmore	24 miles [38 km]
	Morgan County	SE	Trinity	24 miles [38 km]
	Giles County (TN)	NE	Marbuts (TN)	9 miles [14 km]
	Lawrence County (TN)	N	Bonnertown (TN)	6 miles [9 km]
	Lewis County (TN)	N	Napier (TN)	37 miles [59 km]
	Lincoln County (TN)	E	Cash Point (TN)	27 miles [43 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Alabama<3>

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