Tacoma, Florida

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Gainesville. It is located about 10 miles [16 km] to the north of Tacoma and has a population of 95,447 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Ocala. It is located about 26 miles [41 km] to the southeast of Tacoma and has a population of 45,943 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Alachua	NW	19 mi [30.58 km]	9,306	52.61% increase
	Belleview	SE	35 mi [56.3 km]	4,467	28.44% increase
	Chiefland	W	32 mi [51.5 km]	2,133	7.02% increase
	Crystal River	S	46 mi [74 km]	3,553	1.95% increase
	Dunnellon	S	33 mi [53.1 km]	2,009	5.85% increase
	Green Cove Springs	NE	49 mi [78.9 km]	6,551	21.81% increase
	High Springs	NW	25 mi [40.23 km]	4,629	19.83% increase
	Inverness	S	47 mi [75.6 km]	7,276	7.17% increase
	Lady Lake	SE	48 mi [77.2 km]	14,940	26.31% increase
	Lake Butler	N	34 mi [54.7 km]	1,942	0.78% increase
	Lake City	NW	49 mi [78.9 km]	12,427	24.52% increase
	Newberry	W	18 mi [28.97 km]	4,247	28.08% increase
	Palatka	E	40 mi [64.4 km]	10,813	7.77% increase
	Starke	NE	31 mi [49.89 km]	5,972	6.78% increase
	Williston	SW	12 mi [19.31 km]	2,918	27.04% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Archer	W	11 mi [17.7 km]	1,374	6.59% increase
	Bronson	W	20 mi [32.19 km]	1,059	9.85% increase
	Brooker	N	24 mi [38.62 km]	373	5.97% increase
	East Bronson	W	17 mi [27.36 km]	---
	East Williston	SW	11 mi [17.7 km]	---
	Hampton	NE	25 mi [40.23 km]	457	6.03% increase
	Hawthorne	E	14 mi [22.53 km]	1,553	9.75% increase
	Interlachen	E	26 mi [41.84 km]	1,505	2.03% increase
	Keystone Heights	NE	24 mi [38.62 km]	1,494	10.75% increase
	La Crosse	N	21 mi [33.8 km]	279	95.1% increase
	McIntosh	SE	8 mi [12.87 km]	521	15.01% increase
	Micanopy	SE	2 mi [3.22 km]	695	6.43% increase
	Reddick	SE	13 mi [20.92 km]	671	17.51% increase
	Waldo	NE	20 mi [32.19 km]	814	0.85% decrease
	Williston Highlands	SW	18 mi [28.97 km]	---

Alachua County

Tacoma is located in Alachua County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Alachua: Bradford, Columbia, Gilchrist, Levy, Marion, Putnam and Union. Although it doesn't share a border with Alachua, Clay it is close to Tacoma.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Tacoma
	Bradford County	N	Graham	23 miles [37 km]
	Citrus County	S	Citrus Springs	37 miles [59 km]
	Clay County	NE	Keystone Heights	24 miles [38 km]
	Columbia County	NW	Mikesville	33 miles [53 km]
	Gilchrist County	NW	Thames	24 miles [38 km]
	Levy County	SW	Raleigh	10 miles [16 km]
	Marion County	SE	South Side	6 miles [9 km]
	Putnam County	E	McMeekin	18 miles [28 km]
	Union County	N	Worthington Springs	28 miles [45 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Florida<3>

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People are finding 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) Tacoma. 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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