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Perry, Iowa

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Des Moines. It is located about 30 miles [48 km] to the southeast of Perry and has a population of 198,682 people.<1>

The next largest community is Ames. It is located about 27 miles [43 km] to the northeast of Perry and has a population of 50,731 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Altoona   E34 mi [54.7 km]13,85433.92% increase
 Ankeny   E26 mi [41.84 km]42,28755.94% increase
 Boone   NE18 mi [28.97 km]12,6141.48% decrease
 Carroll   W42 mi [67.6 km]9,9851.2% decrease
 Clive   SE22 mi [35.41 km]15,23418.51% increase
 Fort Dodge   N46 mi [74 km]25,1800.18% increase
 Grimes   SE19 mi [30.58 km]8,41965.14% increase
 Indianola   SE43 mi [69.2 km]14,36110.49% increase
 Johnston   SE22 mi [35.41 km]15,69181.42% increase
 Nevada   E35 mi [56.3 km]6,6880.45% increase
 Norwalk   SE32 mi [51.5 km]8,82128.14% increase
 Urbandale   SE21 mi [33.8 km]38,36931.98% increase
 Waukee   SE20 mi [32.19 km]12,367141.26% increase
 Webster City   N45 mi [72.4 km]7,7205.58% decrease
 West Des Moines   SE25 mi [40.23 km]55,42619.44% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Adel   S16 mi [25.75 km]4,42828.91% increase
 Beaver   N13 mi [20.92 km]513.77% decrease
 Berkley   N7 mi [11.27 km]2712.5% increase
 Bouton   E4 mi [6.44 km]16118.38% increase
 Dallas Center   SE12 mi [19.31 km]1,7348.71% increase
 Dawson   W6 mi [9.66 km]1635.16% increase
 Grand Junction   NW15 mi [24.14 km]84812.03% decrease
 Granger   E15 mi [24.14 km]1,05480.79% increase
 Jamaica   W10 mi [16.09 km]2235.91% decrease
 Madrid   E14 mi [22.53 km]2,3915.61% increase
 Minburn   SE6 mi [9.66 km]46919.95% increase
 Ogden   N14 mi [22.53 km]1,9742.42% decrease
 Rippey   NW8 mi [12.87 km]27613.48% decrease
 Woodward   E9 mi [14.48 km]1,42919.08% increase
 Yale   W14 mi [22.53 km]2599.76% decrease

Dallas County

Perry is located in Dallas County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Dallas: Adair, Boone, Greene, Guthrie, Madison, Polk and Warren.

While not sharing a border with Dallas, the following counties are close to Perry: Story, Webster and Carroll.

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Perry
 Adair County   SWStuart26 miles [41 km]
 Audubon County   WLarland35 miles [56 km]
 Boone County   NWAngus4 miles [6 km]
 Calhoun County   NWFarnhamville34 miles [54 km]
 Carroll County   WCoon Rapids29 miles [46 km]
 Greene County   NWRippey8 miles [12 km]
 Guthrie County   WJamaica10 miles [16 km]
 Hamilton County   NStratford30 miles [48 km]
 Jasper County   EMitchellville39 miles [62 km]
 Madison County   SClucas23 miles [37 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) Perry. 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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Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
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Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
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 Perry.

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