Johnston, Iowa

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Des Moines. It lies just southeast of Johnston and has a population of 198,682 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Ames. It is located about 23 miles [37 km] to the north of Johnston and has a population of 50,731 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Altoona	E	12 mi [19.31 km]	13,854	33.92% increase
	Ankeny	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]	42,287	55.94% increase
	Boone	N	26 mi [41.84 km]	12,614	1.48% decrease
	Clive	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]	15,234	18.51% increase
	Indianola	S	23 mi [37.01 km]	14,361	10.49% increase
	Knoxville	SE	40 mi [64.4 km]	7,254	6.17% decrease
	Marshalltown	NE	47 mi [75.6 km]	25,850	0.61% decrease
	Nevada	NE	26 mi [41.84 km]	6,688	0.45% increase
	Newton	E	34 mi [54.7 km]	15,042	3.45% decrease
	Norwalk	S	13 mi [20.92 km]	8,821	28.14% increase
	Pella	SE	45 mi [72.4 km]	10,208	3.82% increase
	Perry	NW	22 mi [35.41 km]	9,569	25.36% increase
	Urbandale	SW	4 mi [6.44 km]	38,369	31.98% increase
	Waukee	SW	9 mi [14.48 km]	12,367	141.26% increase
	West Des Moines	S	9 mi [14.48 km]	55,426	19.44% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Alleman	NE	10 mi [16.09 km]	435	0.91% decrease
	Bondurant	E	13 mi [20.92 km]	2,714	47.02% increase
	Country Estate Village	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]	---
	Cumming	S	13 mi [20.92 km]	309	90.74% increase
	Dallas Center	W	13 mi [20.92 km]	1,734	8.71% increase
	Elkhart	NE	12 mi [19.31 km]	473	30.66% increase
	Granger	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]	1,054	80.79% increase
	Grimes	W	3 mi [4.83 km]	8,419	65.14% increase
	Pleasant Hill	SE	13 mi [20.92 km]	8,414	65.96% increase
	Polk City Junction	N	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Polk City	N	6 mi [9.66 km]	3,201	36.56% increase
	Saylorville Reservoir	N	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Saylorville	E	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Sheldahl	N	12 mi [19.31 km]	319	5.06% decrease
	Windsor Heights	S	5 mi [8.05 km]	4,643	3.37% decrease

Polk County

Johnston is located in Polk County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Polk: Boone, Dallas, Jasper, Madison, Marion, Story and Warren.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Johnston
	Adair County	W	Stuart	33 miles [53 km]
	Boone County	N	Sheldahl	12 miles [19 km]
	Clarke County	S	Liberty	37 miles [59 km]
	Dallas County	W	Grimes	3 miles [4 km]
	Greene County	NW	Rippey	30 miles [48 km]
	Guthrie County	W	Dale	32 miles [51 km]
	Hamilton County	N	Rosendale	36 miles [57 km]
	Jasper County	E	Mitchellville	18 miles [28 km]
	Madison County	SW	McBride	20 miles [32 km]
	Marion County	SE	Swan	25 miles [40 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Iowa<3>

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