Oakland, Iowa

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Omaha (NE). It is located about 32 miles [51 km] to the west of Oakland and has a population of 390,007 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Council Bluffs. It is located about 24 miles [38 km] to the west of Oakland 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	20 mi [32.19 km]	6,777	6.61% decrease
	Clarinda	SE	43 mi [69.2 km]	5,493	3.46% decrease
	Denison	N	48 mi [77.2 km]	7,184	2.11% decrease
	Glenwood	SW	25 mi [40.23 km]	5,646	5.38% increase
	Harlan	N	23 mi [37.01 km]	4,986	5.6% decrease
	Red Oak	SE	22 mi [35.41 km]	5,683	8.29% decrease
	Shenandoah	S	37 mi [59.5 km]	4,944	10.85% decrease
	Bellevue (NE)	W	29 mi [46.67 km]	49,699	11.98% increase
	Blair (NE)	NW	41 mi [66 km]	7,789	3.69% increase
	Elkhorn (NE)	W	44 mi [70.8 km]	---
	La Vista (NE)	W	34 mi [54.7 km]	16,643	42.26% increase
	Nebraska City (NE)	SW	49 mi [78.9 km]	7,032	2.71% decrease
	Papillion (NE)	W	35 mi [56.3 km]	23,739	45.08% increase
	Plattsmouth (NE)	SW	33 mi [53.1 km]	6,902	0.22% increase
	Ralston (NE)	W	33 mi [53.1 km]	6,095	3.47% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Avoca	N	12 mi [19.31 km]	1,536	4.6% decrease
	Carson	S	5 mi [8.05 km]	725	8.53% increase
	Elliott	SE	16 mi [25.75 km]	362	9.95% decrease
	Griswold	E	14 mi [22.53 km]	951	8.47% decrease
	Hancock	N	6 mi [9.66 km]	198	4.35% decrease
	Henderson	S	11 mi [17.7 km]	170	0.58% decrease
	Lewis	E	16 mi [25.75 km]	401	8.45% decrease
	Macedonia	S	8 mi [12.87 km]	311	4.31% decrease
	McClelland	W	14 mi [22.53 km]	124	3.88% decrease
	Minden	NW	13 mi [20.92 km]	553	1.95% decrease
	Neola	NW	15 mi [24.14 km]	837	0.95% decrease
	Shelby	N	14 mi [22.53 km]	644	7.47% decrease
	Treynor	SW	12 mi [19.31 km]	898	5.47% decrease
	Underwood	W	15 mi [24.14 km]	858	24.71% increase
	Walnut	NE	15 mi [24.14 km]	804	3.34% increase

Pottawattamie County

Oakland 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 Audubon and Fremont are close to Oakland.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Oakland
	Adair County	E	Berea	37 miles [59 km]
	Adams County	SE	Lincoln Center	30 miles [48 km]
	Audubon County	NE	Kimballton	27 miles [43 km]
	Cass County	E	Griswold	14 miles [22 km]
	Crawford County	N	Astor	39 miles [62 km]
	Fremont County	S	Imogene	29 miles [46 km]
	Harrison County	N	Magill	15 miles [24 km]
	Mills County	S	Henderson	11 miles [17 km]
	Montgomery County	S	Wales	13 miles [20 km]
	Page County	S	Nyman	31 miles [49 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Iowa<3>

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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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