Alton, Indiana

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Louisville-Jefferson County (KY). It is located about 39 miles [62 km] to the east of Alton and has a population of 552,335 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Louisville (KY). It is located about 37 miles [59 km] to the east of Alton and has a population of 256,231 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Clarksville	E	38 mi [61.2 km]	21,873	2.21% increase
	Jasper	NW	33 mi [53.1 km]	14,116	16.66% increase
	Jeffersonville	E	41 mi [66 km]	30,479	11.39% increase
	New Albany	E	34 mi [54.7 km]	37,296	0.82% decrease
	Tell City	SW	21 mi [33.8 km]	7,526	4.07% decrease
	Elizabethtown (KY)	SE	41 mi [66 km]	24,144	7.11% increase
	Hillview (KY)	E	41 mi [66 km]	7,572	7.6% increase
	Jeffersontown (KY)	E	46 mi [74 km]	26,226	1.53% decrease
	Lyndon (KY)	E	46 mi [74 km]	11,242	19.99% increase
	Mount Washington (KY)	E	47 mi [75.6 km]	11,980	41.19% increase
	Owensboro (KY)	SW	45 mi [72.4 km]	55,516	2.68% increase
	Radcliff (KY)	SE	33 mi [53.1 km]	22,013	0.24% increase
	Saint Matthews (KY)	E	43 mi [69.2 km]	18,709	18.02% increase
	Shepherdsville (KY)	E	39 mi [62.8 km]	9,203	10.43% increase
	Shively (KY)	E	33 mi [53.1 km]	16,641	9.79% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Birdseye	NW	20 mi [32.19 km]	468	0.65% increase
	Carefree	N	9 mi [14.48 km]	---
	Corydon	E	17 mi [27.36 km]	2,780	2.39% increase
	English	N	15 mi [24.14 km]	660	1.93% decrease
	Laconia	E	19 mi [30.58 km]	30	3.45% increase
	Leavenworth	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]	340	3.68% decrease
	Marengo	N	17 mi [27.36 km]	816	1.57% decrease
	Mauckport	SE	13 mi [20.92 km]	81	2.41% decrease
	Milltown	NE	17 mi [27.36 km]	899	3.54% decrease
	New Amsterdam	E	7 mi [11.27 km]	1	---
	New Middletown	E	20 mi [32.19 km]	78	1.3% increase
	Valley City	E	10 mi [16.09 km]	---
	Brandenburg (KY)	SE	15 mi [24.14 km]	2,183	6.54% increase
	Ekron (KY)	SE	18 mi [28.97 km]	161	5.29% decrease
	Irvington (KY)	SE	18 mi [28.97 km]	1,400	11.38% increase

Crawford County

Alton is located in Crawford County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Crawford: Orange, Washington, Harrison, Perry, Dubois and Meade (KY).

While not sharing a border with Crawford, the following counties are close to Alton: Breckinridge (KY), Spencer and Hancock (KY).

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Alton
	Clark County	NE	Borden	35 miles [56 km]
	Dubois County	NW	Birdseye	20 miles [32 km]
	Floyd County	NE	Georgetown	27 miles [43 km]
	Harrison County	E	New Amsterdam	7 miles [11 km]
	Martin County	NW	Rusk	35 miles [56 km]
	Orange County	N	Bacon	19 miles [30 km]
	Perry County	SW	Magnet	2 miles [3 km]
	Spencer County	W	Huffman	19 miles [30 km]
	Warrick County	W	Heilman	36 miles [57 km]
	Washington County	N	Fayetteville	24 miles [38 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Indiana<3>

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