Sheffield, 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 east of Sheffield and has a population of 53,929 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Florence. It lies just north of Sheffield and has a population of 36,264 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Athens	E	42 mi [67.6 km]	23,715	25.03% increase
	Haleyville	S	36 mi [57.9 km]	4,047	3.23% decrease
	Hamilton	S	45 mi [72.4 km]	6,393	5.79% decrease
	Hartselle	SE	48 mi [77.2 km]	13,888	15.55% increase
	Moulton	SE	30 mi [48.28 km]	3,267	0.21% increase
	Muscle Shoals	E	3 mi [4.83 km]	13,032	9.29% increase
	Red Bay	SW	33 mi [53.1 km]	3,296	2.31% decrease
	Russellville	S	17 mi [27.36 km]	8,918	0.59% decrease
	Tuscumbia	S	2 mi [3.22 km]	8,308	5.75% increase
	Booneville (MS)	W	49 mi [78.9 km]	8,749	1.44% increase
	Corinth (MS)	W	47 mi [75.6 km]	14,253	1.42% increase
	Iuka (MS)	W	28 mi [45.06 km]	2,938	3.96% decrease
	Lawrenceburg (TN)	NE	39 mi [62.8 km]	10,778	0.17% decrease
	Pulaski (TN)	NE	48 mi [77.2 km]	7,847	0.3% decrease
	Savannah (TN)	NW	44 mi [70.8 km]	7,320	5.83% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Cherokee	W	15 mi [24.14 km]	1,167	5.66% decrease
	Cloverdale	N	13 mi [20.92 km]	---
	Elgin	E	18 mi [28.97 km]	---
	Ford City	E	9 mi [14.48 km]	---
	Green Hill	NE	18 mi [28.97 km]	---
	Killen	NE	12 mi [19.31 km]	1,142	2.06% increase
	Leighton	E	10 mi [16.09 km]	830	2.24% decrease
	Littleville	S	11 mi [17.7 km]	1,036	5.93% increase
	McGee Town	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Nitrate City	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Saint Florian	NE	8 mi [12.87 km]	474	41.49% increase
	Spring Valley	SE	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Town Creek	E	17 mi [27.36 km]	1,209	0.58% decrease
	Wheeler Dam Village	E	18 mi [28.97 km]	---
	Zip City	N	13 mi [20.92 km]	---

Colbert County

Sheffield is located in Colbert County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Colbert: Lauderdale, Lawrence, Franklin and Tishomingo (MS).

While not sharing a border with Colbert, the following counties are close to Sheffield: Wayne (TN), Lawrence (TN) and Limestone.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Sheffield
	Franklin County	S	Fairview	13 miles [20 km]
	Lauderdale County	N	Fairview	3 miles [4 km]
	Lawrence County	SE	Edmond	15 miles [24 km]
	Limestone County	E	Dogwood	28 miles [45 km]
	Marion County	S	Allens Factory	32 miles [51 km]
	Morgan County	E	Trinity	36 miles [57 km]
	Winston County	S	Martintown	32 miles [51 km]
	Prentiss County (MS)	W	Cairo (MS)	36 miles [57 km]
	Tishomingo County (MS)	W	Eastport (MS)	24 miles [38 km]
	Giles County (TN)	NE	Peach (TN)	33 miles [53 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Alabama<3>

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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) Sheffield. 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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