Bessemer, Alabama

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To acquaint you with some of the communities near Bessemer: The community of Brighton lies immediately to the north. It has a population of 3,278^<1> people.

Just to the northeast of Bessemer is Lipscomb. It is 2 mi [3.22 km]^<2> away and has a population of 2,299 people.

Some other communities in the area: Hueytown, 4 mi [6.44 km] to the northwest; Midfield, 4 mi [6.44 km] to the northeast; Concord, 6 mi [9.66 km] to the northwest.

Below are some other communities neighboring Bessemer:

Community	Population	Direction	Distance
Bessemer Homestead	---	E	Less than 2 mi
Blue Creek Junction	---	NW	Less than 2 mi
Brickyard Junction	---	NE	Less than 2 mi
Sloss	---	SE	Less than 2 mi
Bessemer Junction	---	NW	Less than 2 mi
Jonesboro	---	S	Less than 2 mi
Lakewood Estate	---	SW	Less than 2 mi
Muscoda	---	SE	Less than 2 mi
Old Jonesboro	---	W	Less than 2 mi

The largest community (within a 50 mile [80 km] radius) is Birmingham. It is located about 12 miles [19 km] to the northeast of Bessemer and has a population of 229,800 people.

The city of Bessemer is located in Jefferson County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jefferson: Bibb, Blount, Saint Clair, Shelby, Tuscaloosa and Walker. Although it doesn't share a border with Jefferson, Chilton it is close to Bessemer.

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

County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Bessemer
Bibb County	SW	Gray Hill	14 miles [22 km]
Blount County	E	Lowery	29 miles [46 km]
Chilton County	SE	Minooka	26 miles [41 km]
Coosa County	SE	Blue Springs	35 miles [56 km]
Cullman County	N	Arkadelphia	34 miles [54 km]
Fayette County	NW	Boley Springs	36 miles [57 km]
Saint Clair County	NE	Markeeta	26 miles [41 km]
Shelby County	SE	Southpointe	6 miles [9 km]
Talladega County	E	Coosa Pines	34 miles [54 km]
Tuscaloosa County	SW	Kimbrell	10 miles [16 km]

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be 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) Bessemer. 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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