Persia, 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 southwest of Persia and has a population of 390,007 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Council Bluffs. It is located about 27 miles [43 km] to the southwest of Persia and has a population of 58,268 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Atlantic	SE	31 mi [49.89 km]	6,777	6.61% decrease
	Carroll	NE	49 mi [78.9 km]	9,985	1.2% decrease
	Carter Lake	SW	26 mi [41.84 km]	3,268	0.62% increase
	Denison	N	32 mi [51.5 km]	7,184	2.11% decrease
	Glenwood	S	37 mi [59.5 km]	5,646	5.38% increase
	Harlan	E	13 mi [20.92 km]	4,986	5.6% decrease
	Red Oak	SE	42 mi [67.6 km]	5,683	8.29% decrease
	Bellevue (NE)	SW	34 mi [54.7 km]	49,699	11.98% increase
	Blair (NE)	W	29 mi [46.67 km]	7,789	3.69% increase
	Elkhorn (NE)	SW	41 mi [66 km]	---
	Fremont (NE)	W	48 mi [77.2 km]	25,224	0.2% increase
	La Vista (NE)	SW	36 mi [57.9 km]	16,643	42.26% increase
	Papillion (NE)	SW	38 mi [61.2 km]	23,739	45.08% increase
	Plattsmouth (NE)	SW	43 mi [69.2 km]	6,902	0.22% increase
	Ralston (NE)	SW	35 mi [56.3 km]	6,095	3.47% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Avoca	SE	13 mi [20.92 km]	1,536	4.6% decrease
	Earling	NE	15 mi [24.14 km]	431	8.49% decrease
	Hancock	SE	16 mi [25.75 km]	198	4.35% decrease
	Logan	W	12 mi [19.31 km]	1,411	8.67% decrease
	Loveland	W	17 mi [27.36 km]	---
	Magnolia	NW	17 mi [27.36 km]	187	6.5% decrease
	Minden	S	7 mi [11.27 km]	553	1.95% decrease
	Neola	S	9 mi [14.48 km]	837	0.95% decrease
	Panama	NE	11 mi [17.7 km]	187	11.79% decrease
	Portsmouth	NE	5 mi [8.05 km]	200	11.11% decrease
	Shelby	SE	7 mi [11.27 km]	644	7.47% decrease
	Tennant	E	6 mi [9.66 km]	73	---
	Underwood	SW	14 mi [22.53 km]	858	24.71% increase
	Westphalia	NE	13 mi [20.92 km]	142	11.25% decrease
	Woodbine	NW	12 mi [19.31 km]	1,527	2.37% decrease

Harrison County

Persia is located in Harrison County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Harrison: Monona, Crawford, Shelby, Pottawattamie, Washington (NE) and Burt (NE).

While not sharing a border with Harrison, the following counties are close to Persia: Audubon, Cass and Douglas (NE).

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Persia
	Audubon County	E	Kimballton	25 miles [40 km]
	Carroll County	NE	Manning	34 miles [54 km]
	Cass County	E	Marne	25 miles [40 km]
	Crawford County	N	Haley	22 miles [35 km]
	Mills County	S	Mineola	30 miles [48 km]
	Monona County	NW	Moorhead	27 miles [43 km]
	Montgomery County	S	Wales	34 miles [54 km]
	Pottawattamie County	S	Minden	7 miles [11 km]
	Shelby County	NE	Portsmouth	5 miles [8 km]
	Burt County (NE)	W	Tekamah (NE)	36 miles [57 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Iowa<3>

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be 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) Persia. 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.

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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