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Ottumwa, Iowa

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Ottumwa is the largest city within a 50 mile [80 km] radius.

The next largest community is Oskaloosa. It is located about 22 miles [35 km] to the northwest of Ottumwa and has a population of 10,938 people.<1>

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Albia   W20 mi [32.19 km]3,5593.97% decrease
 Bloomfield   S18 mi [28.97 km]2,5820.73% decrease
 Centerville   SW31 mi [49.89 km]5,4428.14% decrease
 Chariton   W46 mi [74 km]4,4193.37% decrease
 Fairfield   E23 mi [37.01 km]9,2183.06% decrease
 Kalona   NE49 mi [78.9 km]2,5169.73% increase
 Knoxville   NW41 mi [66 km]7,2546.17% decrease
 Monroe   NW49 mi [78.9 km]1,8261% increase
 Mount Pleasant   E45 mi [72.4 km]8,7750.27% increase
 Pella   NW37 mi [59.5 km]10,2083.82% increase
 Sigourney   NE24 mi [38.62 km]2,0905.39% decrease
 Washington   NE42 mi [67.6 km]7,2542.94% increase
 Williamsburg   NE49 mi [78.9 km]2,8127.25% increase
 Memphis (MO)   S40 mi [64.4 km]1,9594.95% decrease
 Unionville (MO)   SW48 mi [77.2 km]1,8658.62% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Agency   E6 mi [9.66 km]6443.54% increase
 Batavia   E13 mi [20.92 km]4735.4% decrease
 Blakesburg   W11 mi [17.7 km]3564.81% decrease
 Carbon   S8 mi [12.87 km]---
 Chillicothe   NW7 mi [11.27 km]855.56% decrease
 Drakesville   S15 mi [24.14 km]21717.3% increase
 Eddyville   NW14 mi [22.53 km]1,0720.75% increase
 Eldon   SE12 mi [19.31 km]9732.51% decrease
 Floris   SE11 mi [17.7 km]1520.65% decrease
 Fremont   N13 mi [20.92 km]6872.41% decrease
 Hayesville   NE19 mi [30.58 km]614.69% decrease
 Hedrick   NE11 mi [17.7 km]8043.94% decrease
 Keomah Village   N19 mi [30.58 km]943.09% decrease
 Kirkville   NW9 mi [14.48 km]2120.93% decrease
 Martinsburg   NE14 mi [22.53 km]1177.14% decrease

Wapello County

Ottumwa is located in Wapello County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wapello: Appanoose, Davis, Jefferson, Keokuk, Mahaska, Monroe and Van Buren.

While not sharing a border with Wapello, the counties of Marion and Washington are close to Ottumwa.

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Ottumwa
 Appanoose County   SWUnionville20 miles [32 km]
 Davis County   SCarbon8 miles [12 km]
 Henry County   ECoppock37 miles [59 km]
 Iowa County   NAmbrose36 miles [57 km]
 Jefferson County   EBatavia13 miles [20 km]
 Keokuk County   NEHedrick11 miles [17 km]
 Lucas County   WZero36 miles [57 km]
 Mahaska County   NFremont13 miles [20 km]
 Marion County   NWBussey27 miles [43 km]
 Monroe County   WFrederic14 miles [22 km]



Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned 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) Ottumwa. 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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Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
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Other...     Veterinarians      

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 Ottumwa.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Ottumwa 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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