Rison, Maryland

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Arlington (VA). It is located about 24 miles [38 km] to the north of Rison and has a population of 189,453 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Alexandria (VA). It is located about 19 miles [30 km] to the north of Rison and has a population of 128,283 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Annapolis	NE	46 mi [74 km]	36,524	1.91% increase
	Bowie	NE	36 mi [57.9 km]	52,544	4.53% increase
	College Park	N	33 mi [53.1 km]	26,925	9.2% increase
	Gaithersburg	N	39 mi [62.8 km]	58,744	11.65% increase
	Greenbelt	NE	34 mi [54.7 km]	21,098	1.67% decrease
	Hyattsville	N	30 mi [48.28 km]	15,376	4.36% increase
	Laurel	NE	41 mi [66 km]	22,329	11.87% increase
	Rockville	N	36 mi [57.9 km]	60,734	28.16% increase
	Takoma Park	N	31 mi [49.89 km]	17,701	2.32% increase
	Fairfax (VA)	N	21 mi [33.8 km]	23,844	10.91% increase
	Fredericksburg (VA)	SW	22 mi [35.41 km]	22,818	18.36% increase
	Herndon (VA)	N	31 mi [49.89 km]	22,045	1.8% increase
	Leesburg (VA)	NW	43 mi [69.2 km]	39,641	40.02% increase
	Manassas (VA)	NW	21 mi [33.8 km]	35,205	0.2% increase
	Vienna (VA)	N	24 mi [38.62 km]	14,903	3.11% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bryans Road	NE	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Freedom Village	NE	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Indian Head	N	3 mi [4.83 km]	3,758	9.82% increase
	Marbury	NE	2 mi [3.22 km]	---
	Mattawoman Village	N	Less than 2 mi	---
	Port Tobacco Village	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	19	26.67% increase
	Potomac Heights	NE	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Riverview Village	N	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	South Hampton Village	NE	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Chamberlain Village (VA)	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Dumfries (VA)	W	7 mi [11.27 km]	4,805	2.67% decrease
	Georgetown Village (VA)	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Marumsco Village (VA)	NW	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Quantico (VA)	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	607	8.2% increase
	Triangle (VA)	W	8 mi [12.87 km]	---

Charles County

Rison is located in Charles County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Charles: Prince George's, Fairfax (VA), Calvert, Stafford (VA), Prince William (VA), Saint Mary's, Westmoreland (VA) and King George (VA).

While not sharing a border with Charles, the following counties are close to Rison: Alexandria City (VA), Arlington (VA) and Manassas City (VA).

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Rison
	Anne Arundel County	NE	Bristol Landing	30 miles [48 km]
	Baltimore City	E	The Alameda	29 miles [46 km]
	Calvert County	E	Magruder Ferry	26 miles [41 km]
	Howard County	N	North Farm	35 miles [56 km]
	Montgomery County	N	Brookmont	27 miles [43 km]
	Prince George's County	NE	Simmons Acres	9 miles [14 km]
	Saint Mary's County	SE	Barbers Quarter	21 miles [33 km]
	Alexandria City (VA)	N	Cameron (VA)	17 miles [27 km]
	Arlington County (VA)	N	Claremont (VA)	20 miles [32 km]
	Caroline County (VA)	S	Maryton (VA)	23 miles [37 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Maryland<3>

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