Council Bluffs, Iowa

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

The next largest community is Bellevue (NE). It lies just southwest of Council Bluffs and has a population of 44,382 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Atlantic	E	45 mi [72.4 km]	6,777	6.61% decrease
	Carter Lake	NW	4 mi [6.44 km]	3,268	0.62% increase
	Glenwood	SE	14 mi [22.53 km]	5,646	5.38% increase
	Harlan	NE	39 mi [62.8 km]	4,986	5.6% decrease
	Red Oak	SE	36 mi [57.9 km]	5,683	8.29% decrease
	Shenandoah	SE	41 mi [66 km]	4,944	10.85% decrease
	Blair (NE)	NW	25 mi [40.23 km]	7,789	3.69% increase
	Elkhorn (NE)	W	20 mi [32.19 km]	---
	Fremont (NE)	NW	35 mi [56.3 km]	25,224	0.2% increase
	La Vista (NE)	SW	10 mi [16.09 km]	16,643	42.26% increase
	Nebraska City (NE)	S	38 mi [61.2 km]	7,032	2.71% decrease
	Papillion (NE)	SW	11 mi [17.7 km]	23,739	45.08% increase
	Plattsmouth (NE)	S	16 mi [25.75 km]	6,902	0.22% increase
	Ralston (NE)	W	9 mi [14.48 km]	6,095	3.47% decrease
	Wahoo (NE)	W	39 mi [62.8 km]	3,966	0.61% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Crescent	N	8 mi [12.87 km]	512	4.66% decrease
	Honey Creek	N	13 mi [20.92 km]	---
	Loveland	N	17 mi [27.36 km]	---
	McClelland	NE	10 mi [16.09 km]	124	3.88% decrease
	Pacific City	S	13 mi [20.92 km]	---
	Pacific Junction	S	15 mi [24.14 km]	510	0.59% increase
	Silver City	SE	14 mi [22.53 km]	268	3.47% increase
	Treynor	E	12 mi [19.31 km]	898	5.47% decrease
	Underwood	NE	13 mi [20.92 km]	858	24.71% increase
	Bennington (NE)	NW	18 mi [28.97 km]	1,014	8.22% increase
	Boys Town (NE)	W	14 mi [22.53 km]	977	19.44% increase
	Cedar Creek (NE)	SW	18 mi [28.97 km]	398	0.51% increase
	Chalco (NE)	W	15 mi [24.14 km]	---
	Fort Calhoun (NE)	NW	17 mi [27.36 km]	908	6.07% increase
	Springfield (NE)	SW	17 mi [27.36 km]	1,563	7.79% increase

Pottawattamie County

Council Bluffs is located in Pottawattamie County and is the county seat.

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 Council Bluffs: Cass (NE), Fremont and Saunders (NE).

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Council Bluffs
	Cass County	E	Griswold	37 miles [59 km]
	Fremont County	S	Bartlett	24 miles [38 km]
	Harrison County	N	Findley	19 miles [30 km]
	Mills County	S	Folsom	10 miles [16 km]
	Montgomery County	E	Wales	28 miles [45 km]
	Shelby County	NE	Tennant	32 miles [51 km]
	Cass County (NE)	S	Oreapolis (NE)	13 miles [20 km]
	Dodge County (NE)	NW	Fremont (NE)	35 miles [56 km]
	Douglas County (NE)	NW	East Omaha (NE)	3 miles [4 km]
	Otoe County (NE)	S	Wyoming (NE)	34 miles [54 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Iowa<3>

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