Shellsburg, Iowa

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Cedar Rapids. It is located about 13 miles [20 km] to the southeast of Shellsburg and has a population of 120,758 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Waterloo. It is located about 36 miles [57 km] to the northwest of Shellsburg and has a population of 68,747 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Anamosa	E	30 mi [48.28 km]	5,736	4.4% increase
	Cedar Falls	NW	41 mi [66 km]	38,059	5.3% increase
	Coralville	SE	30 mi [48.28 km]	18,478	22.18% increase
	Dyersville	NE	46 mi [74 km]	4,204	4.19% increase
	Evansdale	NW	34 mi [54.7 km]	5,056	11.71% increase
	Grinnell	SW	50 mi [80.5 km]	9,167	0.68% increase
	Hiawatha	E	9 mi [14.48 km]	6,688	3.21% increase
	Independence	N	25 mi [40.23 km]	6,119	1.75% increase
	Iowa City	SE	34 mi [54.7 km]	67,831	9.02% increase
	Manchester	NE	34 mi [54.7 km]	4,876	7.25% decrease
	Marion	E	14 mi [22.53 km]	32,821	24.82% increase
	Monticello	E	36 mi [57.9 km]	3,653	1.28% increase
	North Liberty	SE	27 mi [43.45 km]	11,561	115.41% increase
	Oelwein	N	39 mi [62.8 km]	6,082	9.12% decrease
	Vinton	NW	9 mi [14.48 km]	5,080	0.43% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Alburnett	E	13 mi [20.92 km]	551	1.43% decrease
	Atkins	S	6 mi [9.66 km]	1,560	59.67% increase
	Center Point	NE	7 mi [11.27 km]	2,342	16.69% increase
	Fairfax	SE	12 mi [19.31 km]	1,875	110.91% increase
	Garrison	W	14 mi [22.53 km]	401	2.91% decrease
	Grand View Village	SE	11 mi [17.7 km]	---
	Lincolnway Village	SE	15 mi [24.14 km]	---
	Newhall	SW	8 mi [12.87 km]	951	7.34% increase
	Norway	S	13 mi [20.92 km]	597	0.67% decrease
	Palo	SE	4 mi [6.44 km]	875	42.51% increase
	Robins	E	10 mi [16.09 km]	2,869	58.86% increase
	Sunset Village	E	10 mi [16.09 km]	---
	Urbana	N	9 mi [14.48 km]	1,447	42% increase
	Van Horne	SW	12 mi [19.31 km]	722	0.84% increase
	Walker	N	14 mi [22.53 km]	775	3.33% increase

Benton County

Shellsburg is located in Benton County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Benton: Black Hawk, Buchanan, Iowa, Johnson, Linn, Poweshiek and Tama.

While not sharing a border with Benton, the counties of Delaware and Jones are close to Shellsburg.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Shellsburg
	Black Hawk County	NW	La Porte City	22 miles [35 km]
	Buchanan County	N	Hamerville	15 miles [24 km]
	Cedar County	E	Mechanicsville	34 miles [54 km]
	Delaware County	NE	Robinson	22 miles [35 km]
	Fayette County	N	Oelwein	39 miles [62 km]
	Iowa County	S	East Amana	19 miles [30 km]
	Johnson County	SE	Swisher	19 miles [30 km]
	Jones County	E	Jackson	26 miles [41 km]
	Linn County	SE	Palo	4 miles [6 km]
	Poweshiek County	SW	Hartwick	32 miles [51 km]

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