Amos, Arkansas

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Harrison. It is located about 32 miles [51 km] to the west of Amos and has a population of 12,152 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Mountain Home. It lies just east of Amos and has a population of 11,012 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bull Shoals	W	2 mi [3.22 km]	2,138	6.9% increase
	Flippin	S	6 mi [9.66 km]	1,381	1.77% increase
	Gassville	SE	6 mi [9.66 km]	2,148	25.91% increase
	Green Forest	W	48 mi [77.2 km]	3,049	12.22% increase
	Horseshoe Bend	E	46 mi [74 km]	2,220	2.55% decrease
	Marshall	S	31 mi [49.89 km]	1,284	2.21% decrease
	Melbourne	SE	41 mi [66 km]	1,685	0.72% increase
	Mountain View	SE	42 mi [67.6 km]	3,112	8.21% increase
	Salem	E	40 mi [64.4 km]	1,614	1.45% increase
	Yellville	SW	11 mi [17.7 km]	1,378	5.03% increase
	Ava (MO)	N	41 mi [66 km]	3,149	4.24% increase
	Branson (MO)	NW	43 mi [69.2 km]	7,651	26.46% increase
	Forsyth (MO)	NW	38 mi [61.2 km]	1,725	2.31% increase
	Hollister (MO)	NW	40 mi [64.4 km]	4,032	4.27% increase
	West Plains (MO)	NE	45 mi [72.4 km]	12,045	10.85% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Briarcliff	SE	16 mi [25.75 km]	283	17.92% increase
	Buffalo City	SE	15 mi [24.14 km]	---
	Cotter	S	6 mi [9.66 km]	1,079	17.16% increase
	Diamond City	W	20 mi [32.19 km]	803	10% increase
	Lakeview	NE	Less than 2 mi	847	11.01% increase
	Lead Hill	W	19 mi [30.58 km]	307	6.97% increase
	Norfork Village	SE	16 mi [25.75 km]	---
	Norfork	SE	18 mi [28.97 km]	549	13.43% increase
	Pyatt	SW	17 mi [27.36 km]	253	---
	Salesville	SE	17 mi [27.36 km]	483	10.53% increase
	South Lead Hill	W	19 mi [30.58 km]	93	5.68% increase
	Summit	SW	10 mi [16.09 km]	582	0.68% decrease
	Gainesville (MO)	NE	18 mi [28.97 km]	594	6.01% decrease
	Sundown (MO)	N	14 mi [22.53 km]	---
	Theodosia (MO)	N	15 mi [24.14 km]	249	3.75% increase

Baxter County

Amos is located in Baxter County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Baxter: Ozark (MO), Fulton, Izard, Stone, Searcy and Marion.

While not sharing a border with Baxter, the following counties are close to Amos: Boone, Taney (MO) and Newton.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Amos
	Boone County	W	Lead Hill	19 miles [30 km]
	Fulton County	E	County Line	23 miles [37 km]
	Izard County	SE	Iuka	24 miles [38 km]
	Marion County	W	Bull Shoals	2 miles [3 km]
	Newton County	SW	Western Grove	28 miles [45 km]
	Searcy County	S	Cozahome	22 miles [35 km]
	Stone County	SE	Optimus	32 miles [51 km]
	Douglas County (MO)	N	Silverton (MO)	31 miles [49 km]
	Howell County (MO)	NE	Caulfield (MO)	30 miles [48 km]
	Ozark County (MO)	N	Pontiac (MO)	10 miles [16 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Arkansas<3>

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