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Ashford, Alabama

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Dothan. It is located about 10 miles [16 km] to the west of Ashford and has a population of 57,737 people.<1>

The next largest community is Enterprise. It is located about 37 miles [59 km] to the west of Ashford and has a population of 21,178 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Abbeville   N26 mi [41.84 km]2,9371.67% decrease
 Daleville   W29 mi [46.67 km]4,5462.3% decrease
 Eufaula   N50 mi [80.5 km]14,5024.27% increase
 Geneva   W39 mi [62.8 km]4,4451.3% increase
 Headland   NW13 mi [20.92 km]4,01914.08% increase
 Ozark   NW30 mi [48.28 km]14,7112.7% decrease
 Bonifay (FL)   SW38 mi [61.2 km]2,76932.1% decrease
 Chattahoochee (FL)   SE41 mi [66 km]3,69512.41% increase
 Chipley (FL)   SW33 mi [53.1 km]3,7795.21% increase
 Graceville (FL)   SW22 mi [35.41 km]2,4250.96% increase
 Marianna (FL)   S28 mi [45.06 km]6,2840.87% increase
 Bainbridge (GA)   SE43 mi [69.2 km]12,3375.25% increase
 Blakely (GA)   NE22 mi [35.41 km]5,2577.71% decrease
 Cuthbert (GA)   NE48 mi [77.2 km]3,4188.39% decrease
 Donalsonville (GA)   SE23 mi [37.01 km]2,6943.65% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Avon   W2 mi [3.22 km]4751.93% increase
 Columbia   NE10 mi [16.09 km]8414.6% increase
 Cottonwood   S9 mi [14.48 km]1,2022.74% increase
 Cowarts   W4 mi [6.44 km]1,6305.43% increase
 Gordon   E8 mi [12.87 km]4192.7% increase
 Grimes   NW14 mi [22.53 km]4531.31% decrease
 Haleburg   N16 mi [25.75 km]1090.93% increase
 Kinsey   NW9 mi [14.48 km]1,9659.41% increase
 Madrid   SW14 mi [22.53 km]3339.9% increase
 Napier Field   NW15 mi [24.14 km]3961.98% decrease
 Parish   W8 mi [12.87 km]---
 Parker Village   W13 mi [20.92 km]---
 Rehobeth   W12 mi [19.31 km]1,26026.89% increase
 Taylor   W13 mi [20.92 km]1,9935.01% increase
 Webb   NW5 mi [8.05 km]1,3675.32% increase

Houston County

Ashford is located in Houston County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Houston: Henry, Geneva, Dale, Early (GA), Seminole (GA) and Jackson (FL).

While not sharing a border with Houston, the counties of Miller (GA) and Holmes (FL) are close to Ashford.

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Ashford
 Barbour County   NTew33 miles [53 km]
 Coffee County   WHeritage Heights34 miles [54 km]
 Dale County   WDothan10 miles [16 km]
 Geneva County   WMalvern17 miles [27 km]
 Henry County   NGrandberry Crossroads11 miles [17 km]
 Holmes County (FL)   SWCobb Cross Roads (FL)23 miles [37 km]
 Jackson County (FL)   SEllis Church (FL)15 miles [24 km]
 Washington County (FL)   SWBahoma (FL)30 miles [48 km]
 Baker County (GA)   ECrestview (GA)37 miles [59 km]
 Calhoun County (GA)   NEArlington (GA)34 miles [54 km]



Search for Local Businesses

People are finding 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) Ashford. 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 Ashford.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Ashford 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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