Lake Butler, Florida

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Jacksonville. It is located about 46 miles [74 km] to the northeast of Lake Butler and has a population of 735,617 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Gainesville. It is located about 23 miles [37 km] to the south of Lake Butler and has a population of 95,447 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Alachua	SW	18 mi [28.97 km]	9,306	52.61% increase
	Baldwin	NE	29 mi [46.67 km]	1,546	5.39% decrease
	Chiefland	SW	48 mi [77.2 km]	2,133	7.02% increase
	Green Cove Springs	E	39 mi [62.8 km]	6,551	21.81% increase
	High Springs	SW	21 mi [33.8 km]	4,629	19.83% increase
	Jasper	NW	50 mi [80.5 km]	2,044	14.83% increase
	Lake City	NW	21 mi [33.8 km]	12,427	24.52% increase
	Live Oak	NW	42 mi [67.6 km]	7,215	11.34% increase
	MacClenny	NE	22 mi [35.41 km]	6,032	35.28% increase
	Newberry	SW	31 mi [49.89 km]	4,247	28.08% increase
	Orange Park	E	39 mi [62.8 km]	9,043	0.42% decrease
	Palatka	SE	48 mi [77.2 km]	10,813	7.77% increase
	Starke	E	14 mi [22.53 km]	5,972	6.78% increase
	Trenton	SW	40 mi [64.4 km]	1,862	15.15% increase
	Williston	S	44 mi [70.8 km]	2,918	27.04% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Asbury Lake	E	31 mi [49.89 km]	---
	Brooker	S	9 mi [14.48 km]	373	5.97% increase
	Five Points	NW	22 mi [35.41 km]	---
	Fort White	W	23 mi [37.01 km]	483	18.09% increase
	Glen Saint Mary	NE	20 mi [32.19 km]	503	6.34% increase
	Hampton	SE	16 mi [25.75 km]	457	6.03% increase
	Keystone Heights	SE	24 mi [38.62 km]	1,494	10.75% increase
	Kingsley Village	E	19 mi [30.58 km]	---
	La Crosse	S	12 mi [19.31 km]	279	95.1% increase
	Lawtey	E	16 mi [25.75 km]	700	6.71% increase
	Middleburg	E	28 mi [45.06 km]	---
	Raiford	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]	187	---
	Waldo	SE	18 mi [28.97 km]	814	0.85% decrease
	Watertown	NW	20 mi [32.19 km]	---
	Worthington Springs	SW	7 mi [11.27 km]	193	---

Union County

Lake Butler is located in Union County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Union: Alachua, Baker, Bradford and Columbia.

While not sharing a border with Union, the following counties are close to Lake Butler: Clay, Duval and Nassau.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Lake Butler
	Alachua County	SW	Santa Fe	10 miles [16 km]
	Baker County	NE	Sapp	12 miles [19 km]
	Bradford County	SE	New River	6 miles [9 km]
	Clay County	E	Highland	18 miles [28 km]
	Columbia County	NW	Lulu	10 miles [16 km]
	Duval County	NE	Maxville	23 miles [37 km]
	Gilchrist County	SW	Neals	28 miles [45 km]
	Hamilton County	NW	Long Branch	32 miles [51 km]
	Lafayette County	W	Grady	35 miles [56 km]
	Marion County	S	Boardman	38 miles [61 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Florida<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) Lake Butler. 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.

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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