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Alpharetta, Georgia

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Atlanta. It is located about 22 miles [35 km] to the south of Alpharetta and has a population of 416,474 people.<1>

The next largest community is Sandy Springs. It is located about 10 miles [16 km] to the southwest of Alpharetta and has a population of 88,225 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 College Park   S31 mi [49.89 km]19,9692.03% decrease
 Decatur   S20 mi [32.19 km]18,9864.62% increase
 Douglasville   SW33 mi [53.1 km]31,03554.67% increase
 Duluth   SE8 mi [12.87 km]26,12518.1% increase
 East Point   S29 mi [46.67 km]43,4189.66% increase
 Forest Park   S31 mi [49.89 km]21,7261.3% increase
 Gainesville   NE29 mi [46.67 km]35,66839.45% increase
 Johns Creek   SE4 mi [6.44 km]---
 Kennesaw   W19 mi [30.58 km]31,62845.92% increase
 Lawrenceville   SE18 mi [28.97 km]29,25830.63% increase
 Marietta   SW17 mi [27.36 km]67,56215% increase
 Milton   NW5 mi [8.05 km]---
 Peachtree City   S49 mi [78.9 km]34,78810.16% increase
 Roswell   SW4 mi [6.44 km]87,65710.49% increase
 Smyrna   SW19 mi [30.58 km]49,85421.6% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Berkeley Lake   SE7 mi [11.27 km]2,09623.66% increase
 Chamblee   S12 mi [19.31 km]11,20217.27% increase
 Cumming   NE12 mi [19.31 km]5,71935.52% increase
 Danbury Village   S12 mi [19.31 km]---
 Doraville   S11 mi [17.7 km]10,2684.12% increase
 Dunwoody   S9 mi [14.48 km]---
 Elmside Village   S8 mi [12.87 km]---
 Friendly Village of Crooked Creek   SE12 mi [19.31 km]---
 Mountain Park   W8 mi [12.87 km]56611.86% increase
 Norcross   SE9 mi [14.48 km]10,73727.67% increase
 Peachtree   S8 mi [12.87 km]---
 Sturbridge Village   SW8 mi [12.87 km]---
 Sugar Hill   E13 mi [20.92 km]17,20450.93% increase
 White City   NW13 mi [20.92 km]---
 Woodstock   W13 mi [20.92 km]23,141130.26% increase

Fulton County

Alpharetta is located in Fulton County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Fulton: Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth and Gwinnett.

While not sharing a border with Fulton, the following counties are close to Alpharetta: Hall, Dawson and Clarke.

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Alpharetta
 Banks County   NEGillsville39 miles [62 km]
 Barrow County   EAuburn25 miles [40 km]
 Bartow County   WSequoyah Estates22 miles [35 km]
 Cherokee County   NWCreek Hollow South7 miles [11 km]
 Clarke County   SEWaverly Woods20 miles [32 km]
 Clayton County   SConley29 miles [46 km]
 Cobb County   SWOak Chase7 miles [11 km]
 Dawson County   NBarrettsville19 miles [30 km]
 DeKalb County   SWMill Glen7 miles [11 km]
 Douglas County   SWLawrence Estates27 miles [43 km]



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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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Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
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  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
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  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

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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Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Alpharetta.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Alpharetta and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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