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Ashford, North Carolina

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Asheville. It is located about 39 miles [62 km] to the southwest of Ashford and has a population of 68,889 people.<1>

The next largest community is Johnson City (TN). It is located about 40 miles [64 km] to the northwest of Ashford and has a population of 55,469 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Black Mountain   SW27 mi [43.45 km]7,8774.87% increase
 Boone   NE28 mi [45.06 km]13,9453.51% increase
 Conover   E42 mi [67.6 km]7,28610.33% increase
 Forest City   S37 mi [59.5 km]7,1724.99% decrease
 Hendersonville   SW47 mi [75.6 km]12,00515.21% increase
 Hickory   E36 mi [57.9 km]41,30510.97% increase
 Lenoir   NE28 mi [45.06 km]17,8906.53% increase
 Lincolnton   SE48 mi [77.2 km]10,8598.97% increase
 Mills River   SW49 mi [78.9 km]---
 Morganton   SE16 mi [25.75 km]17,1940.67% decrease
 Newton   E42 mi [67.6 km]13,3726.46% increase
 Shelby   SE46 mi [74 km]21,44910.12% increase
 Bristol (TN)   N49 mi [78.9 km]25,8174.01% increase
 Elizabethton (TN)   NW35 mi [56.3 km]13,9554.36% increase
 Erwin (TN)   NW32 mi [51.5 km]5,8023.42% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Bakersville   NW15 mi [24.14 km]3501.96% decrease
 Brindle Town   SE18 mi [28.97 km]---
 Crossnore   N10 mi [16.09 km]2276.2% decrease
 Elk Park   N19 mi [30.58 km]4296.54% decrease
 Gamewell   E19 mi [30.58 km]3,8726.26% increase
 Glen Alpine   SE13 mi [20.92 km]1,0840.55% decrease
 Grandfather   N16 mi [25.75 km]695.48% decrease
 Magnolia   SE17 mi [27.36 km]---
 Marion   S13 mi [20.92 km]5,1444.07% increase
 Newland   N14 mi [22.53 km]6556.96% decrease
 Salem   SE18 mi [28.97 km]---
 Spruce Pine   NW7 mi [11.27 km]1,9812.41% decrease
 Stamey Town   N9 mi [14.48 km]---
 Sugar Mountain   N18 mi [28.97 km]2126.19% decrease
 West Marion   S15 mi [24.14 km]---

McDowell County

Ashford is located in McDowell County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of McDowell: Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Mitchell, Rutherford and Yancey.

While not sharing a border with McDowell, the following counties are close to Ashford: Caldwell, Watauga and Carter (TN).

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Ashford
 Alexander County   ELittle River35 miles [56 km]
 Ashe County   NEBrownwood35 miles [56 km]
 Avery County   NLinville Falls6 miles [9 km]
 Buncombe County   SWMontreat25 miles [40 km]
 Burke County   NEWisemans View3 miles [4 km]
 Caldwell County   EBrown Mountain Beach12 miles [19 km]
 Catawba County   SEAdvent Crossroads32 miles [51 km]
 Cleveland County   SECasar30 miles [48 km]
 Henderson County   SWBat Cave34 miles [54 km]
 Lincoln County   SELaurel Hill33 miles [53 km]



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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) Ashford. 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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Other...     Veterinarians      

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 Ashford.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Ashford 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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