Moorhead, Iowa

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Omaha (NE). It is located about 46 miles [74 km] to the south of Moorhead and has a population of 390,007 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Council Bluffs. It is located about 47 miles [75 km] to the south of Moorhead and has a population of 58,268 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Audubon	E	49 mi [78.9 km]	2,110	11.42% decrease
	Carter Lake	S	44 mi [70.8 km]	3,268	0.62% increase
	Denison	E	26 mi [41.84 km]	7,184	2.11% decrease
	Harlan	SE	33 mi [53.1 km]	4,986	5.6% decrease
	Ida Grove	NE	34 mi [54.7 km]	2,056	12.51% decrease
	Missouri Valley	S	25 mi [40.23 km]	2,751	8.05% decrease
	Onawa	NW	14 mi [22.53 km]	2,746	11.16% decrease
	Sergeant Bluff	NW	41 mi [66 km]	4,011	20.78% increase
	Blair (NE)	SW	30 mi [48.28 km]	7,789	3.69% increase
	Elkhorn (NE)	SW	50 mi [80.5 km]	---
	Fremont (NE)	SW	47 mi [75.6 km]	25,224	0.2% increase
	Ralston (NE)	S	50 mi [80.5 km]	6,095	3.47% decrease
	South Sioux City (NE)	NW	47 mi [75.6 km]	11,936	0.09% increase
	Tekamah (NE)	SW	21 mi [33.8 km]	1,719	9.14% decrease
	West Point (NE)	W	44 mi [70.8 km]	3,354	8.36% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Blencoe	W	11 mi [17.7 km]	199	13.85% decrease
	Castana	N	10 mi [16.09 km]	159	10.67% decrease
	Charter Oak	NE	16 mi [25.75 km]	500	5.66% decrease
	Dow City	E	18 mi [28.97 km]	456	9.34% decrease
	Dunlap	E	13 mi [20.92 km]	1,089	4.39% decrease
	Little Sioux	SW	12 mi [19.31 km]	196	9.68% decrease
	Logan	S	19 mi [30.58 km]	1,411	8.67% decrease
	Magnolia	S	16 mi [25.75 km]	187	6.5% decrease
	Mapleton	N	17 mi [27.36 km]	1,149	18.86% decrease
	Mondamin	SW	17 mi [27.36 km]	388	8.27% decrease
	Pisgah	SW	7 mi [11.27 km]	298	5.7% decrease
	Soldier	NE	5 mi [8.05 km]	185	10.63% decrease
	Turin	NW	8 mi [12.87 km]	67	10.67% decrease
	Ute	NE	11 mi [17.7 km]	324	14.29% decrease
	Woodbine	SE	15 mi [24.14 km]	1,527	2.37% decrease

Monona County

Moorhead is located in Monona County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Monona: Woodbury, Crawford, Harrison, Burt (NE) and Thurston (NE).

While not sharing a border with Monona, the following counties are close to Moorhead: Shelby, Washington (NE) and Ida.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Moorhead
	Crawford County	NE	Berne	14 miles [22 km]
	Harrison County	SW	Pisgah	7 miles [11 km]
	Ida County	NE	Battle Creek	29 miles [46 km]
	Pottawattamie County	S	Loveland	29 miles [46 km]
	Sac County	NE	Wall Lake Station	38 miles [61 km]
	Shelby County	E	Manteno	17 miles [27 km]
	Woodbury County	N	Smithland	21 miles [33 km]
	Burt County (NE)	W	Decatur (NE)	21 miles [33 km]
	Cuming County (NE)	W	Bancroft (NE)	37 miles [59 km]
	Dodge County (NE)	SW	Telbasta (NE)	36 miles [57 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Iowa<3>

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