Peterson, Alabama

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Birmingham. It is located about 41 miles [65 km] to the northeast of Peterson and has a population of 242,820 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Tuscaloosa. It lies just west of Peterson and has a population of 77,906 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Alabaster	E	33 mi [53.1 km]	29,352	29.77% increase
	Bessemer	E	27 mi [43.45 km]	28,542	3.81% decrease
	Fairfield	NE	42 mi [67.6 km]	11,316	8.6% decrease
	Gardendale	NE	46 mi [74 km]	13,665	17.54% increase
	Helena	E	32 mi [51.5 km]	14,639	42.18% increase
	Homewood	NE	38 mi [61.2 km]	23,840	4.8% decrease
	Hoover	E	37 mi [59.5 km]	71,020	13.19% increase
	Hueytown	NE	26 mi [41.84 km]	15,751	2.52% increase
	Irondale	NE	47 mi [75.6 km]	9,677	1.39% decrease
	Jasper	N	43 mi [69.2 km]	14,131	0.56% increase
	Mountain Brook	NE	43 mi [69.2 km]	21,061	2.22% increase
	Northport	W	10 mi [16.09 km]	23,118	18.95% increase
	Pelham	E	38 mi [61.2 km]	21,266	48% increase
	Pleasant Grove	NE	31 mi [49.89 km]	10,254	2.71% increase
	Vestavia Hills	E	42 mi [67.6 km]	30,892	26.21% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Abernant	E	13 mi [20.92 km]	---
	Alberta City	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	Brookwood	E	5 mi [8.05 km]	1,449	2.29% decrease
	Coaling	SE	6 mi [9.66 km]	1,172	5.11% increase
	Coker	W	14 mi [22.53 km]	807	0.12% decrease
	Cottondale	SW	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Duncanville	S	11 mi [17.7 km]	---
	Holt	W	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Ingleside Village	W	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Kellerman	NE	10 mi [16.09 km]	---
	Lake Front Village	NW	9 mi [14.48 km]	---
	Oak Grove	W	4 mi [6.44 km]	465	1.75% increase
	Sahama Village	SW	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Vance	E	11 mi [17.7 km]	945	89% increase
	Wood Village	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	---

Tuscaloosa County

Peterson is located in Tuscaloosa County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Tuscaloosa: Bibb, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson and Pickens.

While not sharing a border with Tuscaloosa, the following counties are close to Peterson: Talladega, Walker and Shelby.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Peterson
	Bibb County	E	Vance	11 miles [17 km]
	Chilton County	SE	Bessie	39 miles [62 km]
	Fayette County	NW	New Hope	26 miles [41 km]
	Greene County	SW	Guinea	23 miles [37 km]
	Hale County	SW	Moundville	20 miles [32 km]
	Jefferson County	NE	Providence	16 miles [25 km]
	Perry County	S	Brush Creek	30 miles [48 km]
	Pickens County	W	Kirk	26 miles [41 km]
	Shelby County	E	Booth Ford	24 miles [38 km]
	Talladega County	W	Oak Grove	4 miles [6 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Alabama<3>

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