Portsmouth, Iowa

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Omaha (NE). It is located about 37 miles [59 km] to the southwest of Portsmouth and has a population of 390,007 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Council Bluffs. It is located about 33 miles [53 km] to the southwest of Portsmouth 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	44 mi [70.8 km]	9,985	1.2% decrease
	Carter Lake	SW	32 mi [51.5 km]	3,268	0.62% increase
	Denison	N	26 mi [41.84 km]	7,184	2.11% decrease
	Glenwood	S	43 mi [69.2 km]	5,646	5.38% increase
	Harlan	E	9 mi [14.48 km]	4,986	5.6% decrease
	Onawa	NW	39 mi [62.8 km]	2,746	11.16% decrease
	Red Oak	S	46 mi [74 km]	5,683	8.29% decrease
	Bellevue (NE)	SW	39 mi [62.8 km]	49,699	11.98% increase
	Blair (NE)	W	32 mi [51.5 km]	7,789	3.69% increase
	Elkhorn (NE)	SW	46 mi [74 km]	---
	La Vista (NE)	SW	41 mi [66 km]	16,643	42.26% increase
	Papillion (NE)	SW	43 mi [69.2 km]	23,739	45.08% increase
	Plattsmouth (NE)	SW	48 mi [77.2 km]	6,902	0.22% increase
	Ralston (NE)	SW	40 mi [64.4 km]	6,095	3.47% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Avoca	SE	14 mi [22.53 km]	1,536	4.6% decrease
	Defiance	NE	15 mi [24.14 km]	314	9.25% decrease
	Dunlap	N	14 mi [22.53 km]	1,089	4.39% decrease
	Earling	NE	10 mi [16.09 km]	431	8.49% decrease
	Irwin	NE	18 mi [28.97 km]	353	5.11% decrease
	Kirkman	NE	14 mi [22.53 km]	71	6.58% decrease
	Logan	W	14 mi [22.53 km]	1,411	8.67% decrease
	Minden	S	12 mi [19.31 km]	553	1.95% decrease
	Neola	S	14 mi [22.53 km]	837	0.95% decrease
	Panama	NE	5 mi [8.05 km]	187	11.79% decrease
	Persia	SW	5 mi [8.05 km]	329	9.37% decrease
	Shelby	S	10 mi [16.09 km]	644	7.47% decrease
	Tennant	SE	5 mi [8.05 km]	73	---
	Westphalia	NE	8 mi [12.87 km]	142	11.25% decrease
	Woodbine	NW	11 mi [17.7 km]	1,527	2.37% decrease

Shelby County

Portsmouth is located in Shelby County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Shelby: Audubon, Carroll, Cass, Crawford, Harrison and Pottawattamie.

While not sharing a border with Shelby, the counties of Monona and Washington (NE) are close to Portsmouth.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Portsmouth
	Audubon County	E	Fiscus	22 miles [35 km]
	Carroll County	NE	Manning	29 miles [46 km]
	Cass County	SE	Marne	25 miles [40 km]
	Crawford County	N	Haley	17 miles [27 km]
	Harrison County	SW	Persia	5 miles [8 km]
	Mills County	S	Henderson	35 miles [56 km]
	Monona County	NW	Moorhead	25 miles [40 km]
	Montgomery County	S	Wales	38 miles [61 km]
	Pottawattamie County	S	Shelby	10 miles [16 km]
	Burt County (NE)	W	Tekamah (NE)	37 miles [59 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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