Florence, Alabama

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Decatur. It is located about 42 miles [67 km] to the southeast of Florence and has a population of 53,929 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Athens. It is located about 40 miles [64 km] to the east of Florence and has a population of 18,967 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Haleyville	S	41 mi [66 km]	4,047	3.23% decrease
	Hartselle	SE	49 mi [78.9 km]	13,888	15.55% increase
	Moulton	SE	32 mi [51.5 km]	3,267	0.21% increase
	Muscle Shoals	S	6 mi [9.66 km]	13,032	9.29% increase
	Red Bay	SW	38 mi [61.2 km]	3,296	2.31% decrease
	Russellville	S	22 mi [35.41 km]	8,918	0.59% decrease
	Sheffield	S	5 mi [8.05 km]	9,127	5.44% decrease
	Tuscumbia	S	7 mi [11.27 km]	8,308	5.75% increase
	Corinth (MS)	W	48 mi [77.2 km]	14,253	1.42% increase
	Iuka (MS)	W	30 mi [48.28 km]	2,938	3.96% decrease
	Clifton (TN)	NW	42 mi [67.6 km]	2,694	0.19% decrease
	Hohenwald (TN)	N	50 mi [80.5 km]	3,805	1.36% increase
	Lawrenceburg (TN)	NE	34 mi [54.7 km]	10,778	0.17% decrease
	Pulaski (TN)	NE	43 mi [69.2 km]	7,847	0.3% decrease
	Savannah (TN)	NW	42 mi [67.6 km]	7,320	5.83% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Cloverdale	NW	9 mi [14.48 km]	---
	Elgin	E	15 mi [24.14 km]	---
	Ford City	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Green Hill	NE	13 mi [20.92 km]	---
	Killen	E	7 mi [11.27 km]	1,142	2.06% increase
	Leighton	SE	11 mi [17.7 km]	830	2.24% decrease
	Littleville	S	16 mi [25.75 km]	1,036	5.93% increase
	McGee Town	W	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Nitrate City	SE	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Saint Florian	NE	3 mi [4.83 km]	474	41.49% increase
	Spring Valley	S	12 mi [19.31 km]	---
	Wheeler Dam Village	E	16 mi [25.75 km]	---
	Zip City	N	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Iron City (TN)	N	14 mi [22.53 km]	378	2.72% increase
	Saint Joseph (TN)	NE	16 mi [25.75 km]	856	3.26% increase

Lauderdale County

Florence is located in Lauderdale County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lauderdale: Limestone, Lawrence, Colbert, Tishomingo (MS), Hardin (TN), Lawrence (TN), Wayne (TN) and Giles (TN). Although it doesn't share a border with Lauderdale, Franklin it is close to Florence.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Florence
	Colbert County	SE	Bainbridge Ferry	3 miles [4 km]
	Franklin County	S	Fairview	18 miles [28 km]
	Lawrence County	E	Fishermans Resort	15 miles [24 km]
	Limestone County	E	Cherry Grove	26 miles [41 km]
	Marion County	S	Allens Factory	38 miles [61 km]
	Morgan County	SE	Trinity	36 miles [57 km]
	Winston County	S	Martintown	37 miles [59 km]
	Prentiss County (MS)	W	Cairo (MS)	39 miles [62 km]
	Tishomingo County (MS)	W	Eastport (MS)	24 miles [38 km]
	Giles County (TN)	NE	Peach (TN)	29 miles [46 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Alabama<3>

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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) Florence. 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.

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