Carter Lake, Iowa

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Omaha (NE). It lies just west of Carter Lake and has a population of 390,007 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Council Bluffs. It lies just southeast of Carter Lake 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	47 mi [75.6 km]	6,777	6.61% decrease
	Glenwood	SE	19 mi [30.58 km]	5,646	5.38% increase
	Harlan	NE	39 mi [62.8 km]	4,986	5.6% decrease
	Red Oak	SE	40 mi [64.4 km]	5,683	8.29% decrease
	Shenandoah	SE	46 mi [74 km]	4,944	10.85% decrease
	Bellevue (NE)	S	8 mi [12.87 km]	49,699	11.98% increase
	Blair (NE)	NW	20 mi [32.19 km]	7,789	3.69% increase
	Elkhorn (NE)	W	17 mi [27.36 km]	---
	Fremont (NE)	W	31 mi [49.89 km]	25,224	0.2% increase
	La Vista (NE)	SW	9 mi [14.48 km]	16,643	42.26% increase
	Nebraska City (NE)	S	42 mi [67.6 km]	7,032	2.71% decrease
	Papillion (NE)	SW	11 mi [17.7 km]	23,739	45.08% increase
	Plattsmouth (NE)	S	19 mi [30.58 km]	6,902	0.22% increase
	Ralston (NE)	SW	8 mi [12.87 km]	6,095	3.47% decrease
	Wahoo (NE)	W	36 mi [57.9 km]	3,966	0.61% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Crescent	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]	512	4.66% decrease
	Honey Creek	N	10 mi [16.09 km]	---
	Loveland	N	14 mi [22.53 km]	---
	McClelland	E	12 mi [19.31 km]	124	3.88% decrease
	Missouri Valley	N	18 mi [28.97 km]	2,751	8.05% decrease
	Pacific City	S	17 mi [27.36 km]	---
	Silver City	SE	18 mi [28.97 km]	268	3.47% increase
	Treynor	E	16 mi [25.75 km]	898	5.47% decrease
	Underwood	NE	14 mi [22.53 km]	858	24.71% increase
	Bennington (NE)	NW	13 mi [20.92 km]	1,014	8.22% increase
	Boys Town (NE)	W	11 mi [17.7 km]	977	19.44% increase
	Chalco (NE)	SW	14 mi [22.53 km]	---
	Fort Calhoun (NE)	NW	12 mi [19.31 km]	908	6.07% increase
	Springfield (NE)	SW	18 mi [28.97 km]	1,563	7.79% increase
	Washington (NE)	NW	16 mi [25.75 km]	135	7.14% increase

Pottawattamie County

Carter Lake 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 following counties are close to Carter Lake: Cass (NE), Saunders (NE) and Fremont.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Carter Lake
	Fremont County	S	Bartlett	28 miles [45 km]
	Harrison County	N	Findley	16 miles [25 km]
	Mills County	S	Folsom	14 miles [22 km]
	Montgomery County	E	Wales	32 miles [51 km]
	Shelby County	NE	Portsmouth	32 miles [51 km]
	Burt County (NE)	NW	Tekamah (NE)	37 miles [59 km]
	Cass County (NE)	S	Cullom (NE)	16 miles [25 km]
	Dodge County (NE)	NW	Fontanelle (NE)	31 miles [49 km]
	Douglas County (NE)	E	East Omaha (NE)	0 miles [0 km]
	Otoe County (NE)	S	Wyoming (NE)	38 miles [61 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Iowa<3>

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