Shelby, Iowa

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Omaha (NE). It is located about 34 miles [54 km] to the southwest of Shelby and has a population of 390,007 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Council Bluffs. It is located about 28 miles [45 km] to the southwest of Shelby 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	23 mi [37.01 km]	6,777	6.61% decrease
	Carroll	NE	49 mi [78.9 km]	9,985	1.2% decrease
	Carter Lake	SW	28 mi [45.06 km]	3,268	0.62% increase
	Denison	N	35 mi [56.3 km]	7,184	2.11% decrease
	Glenwood	SW	35 mi [56.3 km]	5,646	5.38% increase
	Harlan	NE	11 mi [17.7 km]	4,986	5.6% decrease
	Onawa	NW	48 mi [77.2 km]	2,746	11.16% decrease
	Red Oak	S	36 mi [57.9 km]	5,683	8.29% decrease
	Bellevue (NE)	SW	34 mi [54.7 km]	49,699	11.98% increase
	Blair (NE)	W	35 mi [56.3 km]	7,789	3.69% increase
	Elkhorn (NE)	SW	45 mi [72.4 km]	---
	La Vista (NE)	SW	37 mi [59.5 km]	16,643	42.26% increase
	Papillion (NE)	SW	39 mi [62.8 km]	23,739	45.08% increase
	Plattsmouth (NE)	SW	41 mi [66 km]	6,902	0.22% increase
	Ralston (NE)	SW	37 mi [59.5 km]	6,095	3.47% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Avoca	E	6 mi [9.66 km]	1,536	4.6% decrease
	Carson	S	18 mi [28.97 km]	725	8.53% increase
	Hancock	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]	198	4.35% decrease
	Kirkman	NE	17 mi [27.36 km]	71	6.58% decrease
	McClelland	SW	17 mi [27.36 km]	124	3.88% decrease
	Minden	SW	5 mi [8.05 km]	553	1.95% decrease
	Neola	SW	9 mi [14.48 km]	837	0.95% decrease
	Oakland	S	14 mi [22.53 km]	1,417	4.71% decrease
	Panama	N	15 mi [24.14 km]	187	11.79% decrease
	Persia	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]	329	9.37% decrease
	Portsmouth	N	10 mi [16.09 km]	200	11.11% decrease
	Tennant	N	5 mi [8.05 km]	73	---
	Underwood	SW	14 mi [22.53 km]	858	24.71% increase
	Walnut	E	12 mi [19.31 km]	804	3.34% increase
	Westphalia	N	14 mi [22.53 km]	142	11.25% decrease

Pottawattamie County

Shelby is primarily located in Pottawattamie County. A portion of Shelby extends into Shelby 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 Crawford are close to Shelby.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Shelby
	Audubon County	NE	Kimballton	21 miles [33 km]
	Carroll County	NE	Manning	34 miles [54 km]
	Cass County	E	Marne	18 miles [28 km]
	Crawford County	N	Astor	26 miles [41 km]
	Guthrie County	E	North Branch	39 miles [62 km]
	Harrison County	W	Magill	2 miles [3 km]
	Mills County	S	Henderson	25 miles [40 km]
	Monona County	NW	Moorhead	35 miles [56 km]
	Montgomery County	S	Wales	27 miles [43 km]
	Shelby County	N	Tennant	5 miles [8 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Iowa<3>

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