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Alton, Iowa

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is South Sioux City (NE). It is located about 41 miles [65 km] to the southwest of Alton and has a population of 11,925 people.<1>

The next largest community is Spencer. It is located about 44 miles [70 km] to the east of Alton and has a population of 11,317 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Cherokee   SE28 mi [45.06 km]4,69712.52% decrease
 Le Mars   SW16 mi [25.75 km]9,1271.19% decrease
 Orange City   W2 mi [3.22 km]5,8915.54% increase
 Rock Rapids   N31 mi [49.89 km]2,4375.29% decrease
 Rock Valley   NW20 mi [32.19 km]2,9458.99% increase
 Sergeant Bluff   SW44 mi [70.8 km]4,01120.78% increase
 Sheldon   NE15 mi [24.14 km]4,7573.19% decrease
 Sibley   NE31 mi [49.89 km]2,6126.58% decrease
 Sioux Center   NW10 mi [16.09 km]6,5819.65% increase
 Storm Lake   SE47 mi [75.6 km]9,5914.81% decrease
 Luverne (MN)   N47 mi [75.6 km]4,4254.16% decrease
 Worthington (MN)   NE48 mi [77.2 km]11,0362.19% decrease
 Brandon (SD)   NW50 mi [80.5 km]8,75753.82% increase
 Canton (SD)   NW36 mi [57.9 km]3,63316.82% increase
 Vermillion (SD)   W48 mi [77.2 km]10,4957.48% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Archer   NE16 mi [25.75 km]1158.73% decrease
 Boyden   N13 mi [20.92 km]6831.64% increase
 Brunsville   SW17 mi [27.36 km]1394.79% decrease
 Craig   SW16 mi [25.75 km]965.88% decrease
 Granville   E6 mi [9.66 km]3211.23% decrease
 Hospers   NE8 mi [12.87 km]6660.89% decrease
 Hull   NW15 mi [24.14 km]2,0283.47% increase
 Ireton   W15 mi [24.14 km]5840.17% decrease
 Marcus   SE15 mi [24.14 km]1,0378.96% decrease
 Maurice   W8 mi [12.87 km]2612.76% increase
 Oyens   S11 mi [17.7 km]1199.85% decrease
 Paullina   E16 mi [25.75 km]98912.01% decrease
 Remsen   S12 mi [19.31 km]1,6546.13% decrease
 Struble   SW11 mi [17.7 km]805.88% decrease
 Westbrook Village   NW11 mi [17.7 km]---

Sioux County

Alton is located in Sioux County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sioux: Lyon, O'Brien, Plymouth, Union (SD) and Lincoln (SD).

While not sharing a border with Sioux, the counties of Cherokee and Osceola are close to Alton.

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Alton
 Buena Vista County   EElkton34 miles [54 km]
 Cherokee County   SEMarcus15 miles [24 km]
 Clay County   EPeterson34 miles [54 km]
 Dickinson County   NEWallace39 miles [62 km]
 Lyon County   NWDoon23 miles [37 km]
 O'Brien County   EGermantown11 miles [17 km]
 Osceola County   NEAshton24 miles [38 km]
 Plymouth County   SOyens11 miles [17 km]
 Woodbury County   SPierson31 miles [49 km]
 Nobles County (MN)   NEllsworth (MN)36 miles [57 km]



Search for Local Businesses

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) Alton. 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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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 Alton.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Alton 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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