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Scranton, Alabama

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Dothan. It is located about 25 miles [40 km] to the east of Scranton and has a population of 57,737 people.<1>

The next largest community is Enterprise. It lies just north of Scranton and has a population of 21,178 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Abbeville   NE43 mi [69.2 km]2,9371.67% decrease
 Andalusia   W38 mi [61.2 km]8,9782.09% increase
 Daleville   NE10 mi [16.09 km]4,5462.3% decrease
 Elba   NW20 mi [32.19 km]4,1640.5% decrease
 Geneva   S10 mi [16.09 km]4,4451.3% increase
 Headland   E30 mi [48.28 km]4,01914.08% increase
 Luverne   NW44 mi [70.8 km]2,7604.74% increase
 Opp   W25 mi [40.23 km]6,5820.38% decrease
 Ozark   NE21 mi [33.8 km]14,7112.7% decrease
 Troy   N42 mi [67.6 km]15,1488.7% increase
 Bonifay (FL)   S29 mi [46.67 km]2,76932.1% decrease
 Chipley (FL)   SE33 mi [53.1 km]3,7795.21% increase
 De Funiak Springs (FL)   SW37 mi [59.5 km]5,0121.51% decrease
 Graceville (FL)   SE25 mi [40.23 km]2,4250.96% increase
 Marianna (FL)   SE45 mi [72.4 km]6,2840.87% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Battens Crossroads   NW5 mi [8.05 km]---
 Bellwood   SE3 mi [4.83 km]---
 Black   SE13 mi [20.92 km]2082.97% increase
 Central City   NW4 mi [6.44 km]---
 Chancellor   W2 mi [3.22 km]---
 Clayhatchee   NE7 mi [11.27 km]4931.6% decrease
 Coffee Springs   SW4 mi [6.44 km]2561.99% increase
 Eunola   S10 mi [16.09 km]---
 Hartford   SE10 mi [16.09 km]2,4262.41% increase
 Holiday Village   NE11 mi [17.7 km]---
 Level Plains   NE9 mi [14.48 km]1,5112.14% decrease
 New Brockton   N13 mi [20.92 km]1,2341.28% decrease
 Newton   NE18 mi [28.97 km]1,6533.22% decrease
 Samson   SW13 mi [20.92 km]2,0292.03% decrease
 Slocomb   E15 mi [24.14 km]2,0470.24% decrease

Geneva County

Scranton is located in Geneva County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Geneva: Dale, Houston, Covington, Coffee, Holmes (FL) and Walton (FL).

While not sharing a border with Geneva, the following counties are close to Scranton: Jackson (FL), Henry and Washington (FL).

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Scranton
 Barbour County   NBethel31 miles [49 km]
 Coffee County   NWCentral City4 miles [6 km]
 Covington County   WCounty Line21 miles [33 km]
 Crenshaw County   NWBullock31 miles [49 km]
 Dale County   NEClayhatchee7 miles [11 km]
 Henry County   NEBlackwood28 miles [45 km]
 Houston County   EBackems Crossroads12 miles [19 km]
 Pike County   NTarentum30 miles [48 km]
 Holmes County (FL)   SSmith Crossroads (FL)15 miles [24 km]
 Jackson County (FL)   SEGraceville (FL)25 miles [40 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) Scranton. 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 Scranton.

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