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Alma, Michigan

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Lansing. It is located about 46 miles [74 km] to the south of Alma and has a population of 119,128 people.<1>

The next largest community is Saginaw. It is located about 35 miles [56 km] to the east of Alma and has a population of 61,799 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Bay City   E41 mi [66 km]33,8747.99% decrease
 Belding   SW35 mi [56.3 km]5,6913.16% decrease
 Big Rapids   NW47 mi [75.6 km]10,2575.46% decrease
 De Witt   S37 mi [59.5 km]4,4285.83% decrease
 East Lansing   S45 mi [72.4 km]45,8571.44% decrease
 Flushing   SE46 mi [74 km]7,8156.38% decrease
 Frankenmuth   E46 mi [74 km]4,6523.84% decrease
 Grand Ledge   S43 mi [69.2 km]7,6691.84% decrease
 Greenville   SW33 mi [53.1 km]8,1542.76% increase
 Ionia   SW33 mi [53.1 km]12,58919.11% increase
 Midland   NE27 mi [43.45 km]40,9171.84% decrease
 Mount Pleasant   NW16 mi [25.75 km]26,6752.81% increase
 Owosso   SE35 mi [56.3 km]14,9634.77% decrease
 Saint Johns   S26 mi [41.84 km]7,2782.77% decrease
 Swartz Creek   SE50 mi [80.5 km]5,2232.37% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Ashley   SE15 mi [24.14 km]5073.61% decrease
 Breckenridge   E9 mi [14.48 km]1,2844.11% decrease
 Carson City   SW16 mi [25.75 km]1,1771.09% decrease
 Coe   N7 mi [11.27 km]---
 Edmore   W19 mi [30.58 km]1,2221.77% decrease
 Hemlock   E21 mi [33.8 km]---
 Hubbardston   SW21 mi [33.8 km]3871.78% decrease
 Ithaca   SE6 mi [9.66 km]3,0172.61% decrease
 Maple Rapids   S18 mi [28.97 km]5987% decrease
 McBride   W19 mi [30.58 km]2272.16% decrease
 Merrill   E16 mi [25.75 km]7198.06% decrease
 Oil City   N16 mi [25.75 km]---
 Perrinton   S13 mi [20.92 km]4223.87% decrease
 Saint Louis   NE2 mi [3.22 km]6,97155.12% increase
 Shepherd   N10 mi [16.09 km]1,35311.91% decrease

Gratiot County

Alma is located in Gratiot County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Gratiot: Clinton, Ionia, Isabella, Midland, Montcalm, Saginaw and Shiawassee.

While not sharing a border with Gratiot, the counties of Bay and Mecosta are close to Alma.

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Alma
 Bay County   NEMidland27 miles [43 km]
 Clare County   NClare31 miles [49 km]
 Clinton County   SMaple Rapids18 miles [28 km]
 Gladwin County   NLyle31 miles [49 km]
 Ionia County   SWPalo24 miles [38 km]
 Isabella County   NCoe7 miles [11 km]
 Mecosta County   NWRemus28 miles [45 km]
 Midland County   NPleasant Valley9 miles [14 km]
 Montcalm County   WVestaburg12 miles [19 km]
 Saginaw County   EGalloway14 miles [22 km]



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People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Alma. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

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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If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Alma.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Alma and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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