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Loring, Iowa

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Des Moines. It is located about 20 miles [32 km] to the southwest of Loring and has a population of 198,682 people.<1>

The next largest community is Ames. It is located about 16 miles [25 km] to the northwest of Loring and has a population of 50,731 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Altoona   S13 mi [20.92 km]13,85433.92% increase
 Ankeny   SW11 mi [17.7 km]42,28755.94% increase
 Boone   NW27 mi [43.45 km]12,6141.48% decrease
 Clive   SW24 mi [38.62 km]15,23418.51% increase
 Grinnell   E37 mi [59.5 km]9,1670.68% increase
 Indianola   S33 mi [53.1 km]14,36110.49% increase
 Johnston   SW17 mi [27.36 km]15,69181.42% increase
 Knoxville   SE39 mi [62.8 km]7,2546.17% decrease
 Marshalltown   NE30 mi [48.28 km]25,8500.61% decrease
 Newton   SE22 mi [35.41 km]15,0423.45% decrease
 Pella   SE39 mi [62.8 km]10,2083.82% increase
 Perry   W34 mi [54.7 km]9,56925.36% increase
 Urbandale   SW22 mi [35.41 km]38,36931.98% increase
 Webster City   NW47 mi [75.6 km]7,7205.58% decrease
 West Des Moines   SW25 mi [40.23 km]55,42619.44% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Alleman   W9 mi [14.48 km]4350.91% decrease
 Bondurant   S9 mi [14.48 km]2,71447.02% increase
 Cambridge   NW6 mi [9.66 km]8091.22% decrease
 Collins   NE8 mi [12.87 km]4813.61% decrease
 Colo   NE13 mi [20.92 km]8760.92% increase
 Elkhart   SW5 mi [8.05 km]47330.66% increase
 Huxley   NW9 mi [14.48 km]2,83022.19% increase
 Maxwell   NE4 mi [6.44 km]8404.09% increase
 Mingo   SE9 mi [14.48 km]2632.23% decrease
 Mitchellville   S12 mi [19.31 km]2,15225.48% increase
 Nevada   N12 mi [19.31 km]6,6880.45% increase
 Polk City Junction   W13 mi [20.92 km]---
 Sheldahl   W13 mi [20.92 km]3195.06% decrease
 Slater   W13 mi [20.92 km]1,3886.28% increase
 Valeria   SE9 mi [14.48 km]603.23% decrease

Polk County

Loring is located in Polk County.

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

While not sharing a border with Polk, the following counties are close to Loring: Marshall, Hardin and Hamilton.

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Loring
 Boone County   WSheldahl13 miles [20 km]
 Dallas County   WGibbsville20 miles [32 km]
 Greene County   WRippey39 miles [62 km]
 Grundy County   NEConrad39 miles [62 km]
 Hamilton County   NRandall29 miles [46 km]
 Hardin County   NGarden City28 miles [45 km]
 Jasper County   EClyde8 miles [12 km]
 Madison County   SWBevington37 miles [59 km]
 Marion County   SSwan26 miles [41 km]
 Marshall County   NEEdenville14 miles [22 km]



Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Loring. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Loring.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Loring and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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