Atwater, California

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Modesto. It is located about 30 miles [48 km] to the northwest of Atwater and has a population of 188,856 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Merced. It lies just east of Atwater and has a population of 63,893 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Ceres	NW	25 mi [40.23 km]	42,690	23.35% increase
	Chowchilla	SE	26 mi [41.84 km]	19,193	72.49% increase
	Lathrop	NW	50 mi [80.5 km]	17,197	64.64% increase
	Livingston	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]	13,400	27.95% increase
	Los Banos	SW	23 mi [37.01 km]	34,968	35.17% increase
	Madera	SE	39 mi [62.8 km]	56,700	31.23% increase
	Manteca	NW	45 mi [72.4 km]	65,028	32.02% increase
	Mendota	S	43 mi [69.2 km]	10,339	31.04% increase
	Newman	W	22 mi [35.41 km]	10,226	44.17% increase
	Oakdale	NW	31 mi [49.89 km]	20,299	30.94% increase
	Patterson	W	30 mi [48.28 km]	19,034	64% increase
	Ripon	NW	39 mi [62.8 km]	14,473	42.65% increase
	Riverbank	NW	31 mi [49.89 km]	20,606	30.2% increase
	Turlock	NW	17 mi [27.36 km]	68,404	22.57% increase
	Waterford	NW	21 mi [33.8 km]	8,875	28.18% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bret Harte	NW	27 mi [43.45 km]	---
	Bystrom	NW	27 mi [43.45 km]	---
	Delhi	NW	10 mi [16.09 km]	---
	Denair	NW	16 mi [25.75 km]	---
	Dos Palos	S	25 mi [40.23 km]	4,948	8.01% increase
	Empire	NW	25 mi [40.23 km]	---
	Gustine	W	22 mi [35.41 km]	5,094	8.43% increase
	Hickman	NW	20 mi [32.19 km]	---
	Hughson	NW	22 mi [35.41 km]	6,312	58.59% increase
	Keyes	NW	22 mi [35.41 km]	---
	Le Grand	E	21 mi [33.8 km]	---
	Planada	E	16 mi [25.75 km]	---
	Shackelford	NW	27 mi [43.45 km]	---
	South Dos Palos	S	26 mi [41.84 km]	---
	Winton	N	2 mi [3.22 km]	---

Merced County

Atwater is located in Merced County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Merced: Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, San Benito, Santa Clara and Stanislaus.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Atwater
	Calaveras County	N	O'Byrnes Ferry	37 miles [59 km]
	Fresno County	S	Dos Palos	25 miles [40 km]
	Madera County	SE	Sierra Vista	22 miles [35 km]
	Mariposa County	NE	Hayward	24 miles [38 km]
	San Joaquin County	NW	Huntley	33 miles [53 km]
	Stanislaus County	N	Montpelier	14 miles [22 km]
	Tuolumne County	N	Hetch Hetchy Junction	31 miles [49 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for California<3>

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