Avoca, Iowa

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Omaha (NE). It is located about 38 miles [61 km] to the southwest of Avoca and has a population of 390,007 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Council Bluffs. It is located about 31 miles [49 km] to the southwest of Avoca and has a population of 58,268 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Atlantic	E	17 mi [27.36 km]	6,777	6.61% decrease
	Carroll	NE	47 mi [75.6 km]	9,985	1.2% decrease
	Carter Lake	SW	32 mi [51.5 km]	3,268	0.62% increase
	Denison	N	36 mi [57.9 km]	7,184	2.11% decrease
	Glenwood	SW	36 mi [57.9 km]	5,646	5.38% increase
	Harlan	N	11 mi [17.7 km]	4,986	5.6% decrease
	Red Oak	S	32 mi [51.5 km]	5,683	8.29% decrease
	Shenandoah	S	50 mi [80.5 km]	4,944	10.85% decrease
	Bellevue (NE)	SW	37 mi [59.5 km]	49,699	11.98% increase
	Blair (NE)	W	41 mi [66 km]	7,789	3.69% increase
	Elkhorn (NE)	W	50 mi [80.5 km]	---
	La Vista (NE)	SW	41 mi [66 km]	16,643	42.26% increase
	Papillion (NE)	SW	43 mi [69.2 km]	23,739	45.08% increase
	Plattsmouth (NE)	SW	43 mi [69.2 km]	6,902	0.22% increase
	Ralston (NE)	SW	41 mi [66 km]	6,095	3.47% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Carson	S	17 mi [27.36 km]	725	8.53% increase
	Elk Horn	NE	16 mi [25.75 km]	609	6.16% decrease
	Hancock	S	6 mi [9.66 km]	198	4.35% decrease
	Kimballton	NE	16 mi [25.75 km]	296	13.45% decrease
	Kirkman	N	17 mi [27.36 km]	71	6.58% decrease
	Marne	E	11 mi [17.7 km]	141	5.37% decrease
	Minden	W	10 mi [16.09 km]	553	1.95% decrease
	Neola	W	14 mi [22.53 km]	837	0.95% decrease
	Oakland	S	12 mi [19.31 km]	1,417	4.71% decrease
	Persia	NW	13 mi [20.92 km]	329	9.37% decrease
	Portsmouth	NW	14 mi [22.53 km]	200	11.11% decrease
	Shelby	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	644	7.47% decrease
	Tennant	NW	9 mi [14.48 km]	73	---
	Walnut	E	5 mi [8.05 km]	804	3.34% increase
	Westphalia	N	16 mi [25.75 km]	142	11.25% decrease

Pottawattamie County

Avoca is located in Pottawattamie County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pottawattamie: Harrison, Shelby, Cass, Montgomery, Mills, Sarpy (NE), Douglas (NE) and Washington (NE).

While not sharing a border with Pottawattamie, the counties of Audubon and Crawford are close to Avoca.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Avoca
	Adair County	E	Berea	34 miles [54 km]
	Adams County	SE	Lincoln Center	35 miles [56 km]
	Audubon County	NE	Kimballton	16 miles [25 km]
	Carroll County	NE	Manning	32 miles [51 km]
	Cass County	E	Marne	11 miles [17 km]
	Crawford County	N	Astor	26 miles [41 km]
	Guthrie County	E	North Branch	33 miles [53 km]
	Harrison County	W	Magill	9 miles [14 km]
	Mills County	S	Henderson	24 miles [38 km]
	Montgomery County	S	Elliott	24 miles [38 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Iowa<3>

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