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Glencoe, Alabama

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Gadsden. It lies just northwest of Glencoe and has a population of 38,978 people.<1>

The next largest community is Rome (GA). It is located about 48 miles [77 km] to the northeast of Glencoe and has a population of 34,980 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Albertville   NW27 mi [43.45 km]19,79414.77% increase
 Anniston   S20 mi [32.19 km]23,6622.53% decrease
 Center Point   SW47 mi [75.6 km]---
 Clay   SW42 mi [67.6 km]---
 Fort Payne   N37 mi [59.5 km]14,0618.68% increase
 Jacksonville   SE13 mi [20.92 km]10,07719.91% increase
 Leeds   SW45 mi [72.4 km]11,3128.2% increase
 Moody   SW40 mi [64.4 km]13,40066.4% increase
 Oxford   S24 mi [38.62 km]20,62241.32% increase
 Pell City   SW32 mi [51.5 km]12,84134.25% increase
 Rainbow City   W8 mi [12.87 km]9,32410.63% increase
 Scottsboro   N48 mi [77.2 km]14,9941.57% increase
 Talladega   S36 mi [57.9 km]16,94311.89% increase
 Trussville   SW43 mi [69.2 km]18,98546.9% increase
 Cedartown (GA)   E39 mi [62.8 km]10,1236.9% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Alabama City   NW8 mi [12.87 km]---
 Alexandria   S12 mi [19.31 km]---
 Attalla   W11 mi [17.7 km]6,5400.79% decrease
 Blue Mountain   S18 mi [28.97 km]---
 Booker T City   SE13 mi [20.92 km]---
 Cobb City   SE2 mi [3.22 km]---
 Hokes Bluff   NE4 mi [6.44 km]4,4507.25% increase
 Mountainboro   NW17 mi [27.36 km]3312.07% decrease
 Ohatchee   SW12 mi [19.31 km]1,2432.3% increase
 Reece City   NW10 mi [16.09 km]6133.31% decrease
 Ridgeville   NW12 mi [19.31 km]1505.06% decrease
 Saks   S17 mi [27.36 km]---
 Southside   SW6 mi [9.66 km]8,40719.49% increase
 Steele   W15 mi [24.14 km]1,22111.71% increase
 Weaver   SE14 mi [22.53 km]2,7223.93% increase

Etowah County

Glencoe is primarily located in Etowah County. A portion of Glencoe extends into Calhoun County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Etowah: Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, DeKalb, Marshall and Saint Clair.

While not sharing a border with Etowah, the following counties are close to Glencoe: Tallapoosa, Cleburne and Talladega.

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Glencoe
 Blount County   WAltoona22 miles [35 km]
 Calhoun County   SELaney3 miles [4 km]
 Cherokee County   NEAdams Ferry12 miles [19 km]
 Clay County   SNeedmore35 miles [56 km]
 Cleburne County   ELiberty Hill21 miles [33 km]
 Coosa County   WSmiths Ferry31 miles [49 km]
 Cullman County   NWThrasher Crossroads38 miles [61 km]
 DeKalb County   NFlanders18 miles [28 km]
 Jackson County   NCrossroad39 miles [62 km]
 Jefferson County   SWArgo37 miles [59 km]



Search for Local Businesses

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) Glencoe. 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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Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
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Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
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Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
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 Glencoe.

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