Philadelphia, Mississippi

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Meridian. It is located about 37 miles [59 km] to the southeast of Philadelphia and has a population of 39,968 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Starkville. It is located about 50 miles [80 km] to the north of Philadelphia and has a population of 21,869 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Ackerman	N	37 mi [59.5 km]	1,524	10.14% decrease
	Carthage	W	24 mi [38.62 km]	4,815	3.84% increase
	Decatur	S	23 mi [37.01 km]	1,943	36.26% increase
	Durant	NW	47 mi [75.6 km]	2,720	7.23% decrease
	Forest	SW	35 mi [56.3 km]	5,972	0.25% decrease
	Goodman	W	47 mi [75.6 km]	1,226	2.08% decrease
	Kosciusko	NW	33 mi [53.1 km]	7,371	---
	Louisville	N	24 mi [38.62 km]	6,604	5.74% decrease
	Macon	NE	40 mi [64.4 km]	2,744	11.5% increase
	Marion	SE	36 mi [57.9 km]	1,497	14.71% increase
	Morton	SW	42 mi [67.6 km]	3,437	1.29% decrease
	Newton	S	30 mi [48.28 km]	3,674	0.68% decrease
	Pelahatchie	SW	50 mi [80.5 km]	1,474	0.89% increase
	Pickens	W	49 mi [78.9 km]	1,200	9.43% decrease
	Union	S	14 mi [22.53 km]	2,093	3.56% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bogue Chitto	E	11 mi [17.7 km]	---
	Chunky	S	28 mi [45.06 km]	355	3.2% increase
	Collinsville	SE	25 mi [40.23 km]	---
	Conehatta	S	24 mi [38.62 km]	---
	De Kalb	E	27 mi [43.45 km]	876	9.88% decrease
	Ethel	NW	31 mi [49.89 km]	458	1.33% increase
	Lena	SW	30 mi [48.28 km]	164	1.8% decrease
	McCool	NW	31 mi [49.89 km]	190	4.4% increase
	Noxapater	N	15 mi [24.14 km]	410	2.15% decrease
	Pearl River	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Redwater	W	24 mi [38.62 km]	---
	Sebastopol	SW	18 mi [28.97 km]	234	0.43% increase
	Standing Pine	W	19 mi [30.58 km]	---
	Tucker	SE	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Walnut Grove	SW	23 mi [37.01 km]	1,476	202.46% increase

Neshoba County

Philadelphia is located in Neshoba County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Neshoba: Attala, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Newton, Scott and Winston.

While not sharing a border with Neshoba, the counties of Noxubee and Choctaw are close to Philadelphia.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Philadelphia
	Attala County	NW	Zama	20 miles [32 km]
	Choctaw County	N	Kerr	25 miles [40 km]
	Jasper County	S	Garlandville	38 miles [61 km]
	Kemper County	NE	Coy	14 miles [22 km]
	Lauderdale County	SE	Martin	22 miles [35 km]
	Leake County	W	Edinburg	12 miles [19 km]
	Madison County	W	Revive	37 miles [59 km]
	Newton County	S	New Ireland	14 miles [22 km]
	Noxubee County	NE	Gholson	25 miles [40 km]
	Oktibbeha County	N	Morgantown	37 miles [59 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Mississippi<3>

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People have found 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) Philadelphia. 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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