Crescent, Iowa

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Omaha (NE). It is located about 11 miles [17 km] to the southwest of Crescent and has a population of 390,007 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Council Bluffs. It lies just south of Crescent 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	43 mi [69.2 km]	6,777	6.61% decrease
	Glenwood	S	22 mi [35.41 km]	5,646	5.38% increase
	Harlan	NE	33 mi [53.1 km]	4,986	5.6% decrease
	Red Oak	SE	40 mi [64.4 km]	5,683	8.29% decrease
	Shenandoah	SE	48 mi [77.2 km]	4,944	10.85% decrease
	Bellevue (NE)	S	14 mi [22.53 km]	49,699	11.98% increase
	Blair (NE)	NW	18 mi [28.97 km]	7,789	3.69% increase
	Elkhorn (NE)	W	21 mi [33.8 km]	---
	Fremont (NE)	W	33 mi [53.1 km]	25,224	0.2% increase
	La Vista (NE)	SW	15 mi [24.14 km]	16,643	42.26% increase
	Nebraska City (NE)	S	47 mi [75.6 km]	7,032	2.71% decrease
	Papillion (NE)	SW	17 mi [27.36 km]	23,739	45.08% increase
	Plattsmouth (NE)	S	24 mi [38.62 km]	6,902	0.22% increase
	Ralston (NE)	SW	14 mi [22.53 km]	6,095	3.47% decrease
	Wahoo (NE)	W	40 mi [64.4 km]	3,966	0.61% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Carter Lake	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]	3,268	0.62% increase
	Honey Creek	N	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Logan	N	19 mi [30.58 km]	1,411	8.67% decrease
	Loveland	N	9 mi [14.48 km]	---
	McClelland	E	9 mi [14.48 km]	124	3.88% decrease
	Minden	NE	17 mi [27.36 km]	553	1.95% decrease
	Missouri Valley	N	13 mi [20.92 km]	2,751	8.05% decrease
	Modale	NW	19 mi [30.58 km]	281	7.26% decrease
	Neola	NE	13 mi [20.92 km]	837	0.95% decrease
	Treynor	SE	15 mi [24.14 km]	898	5.47% decrease
	Underwood	E	9 mi [14.48 km]	858	24.71% increase
	Bennington (NE)	W	15 mi [24.14 km]	1,014	8.22% increase
	Boys Town (NE)	SW	16 mi [25.75 km]	977	19.44% increase
	Fort Calhoun (NE)	NW	10 mi [16.09 km]	908	6.07% increase
	Washington (NE)	W	18 mi [28.97 km]	135	7.14% increase

Pottawattamie County

Crescent 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 Cass (NE) and Saunders (NE) are close to Crescent.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Crescent
	Cass County	E	Griswold	38 miles [61 km]
	Fremont County	S	Bartlett	33 miles [53 km]
	Harrison County	N	Findley	11 miles [17 km]
	Mills County	SE	Mineola	17 miles [27 km]
	Monona County	N	Moorhead	38 miles [61 km]
	Montgomery County	SE	Wales	32 miles [51 km]
	Shelby County	NE	Portsmouth	26 miles [41 km]
	Burt County (NE)	NW	Tekamah (NE)	34 miles [54 km]
	Cass County (NE)	S	Oreapolis (NE)	22 miles [35 km]
	Dodge County (NE)	W	Fontanelle (NE)	31 miles [49 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Iowa<3>

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