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Austin, North Carolina

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Winston-Salem. It is located about 42 miles [67 km] to the east of Austin and has a population of 185,776 people.<1>

The next largest community is Hickory. It is located about 44 miles [70 km] to the southwest of Austin and has a population of 37,222 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Boone   W39 mi [62.8 km]13,9453.51% increase
 Clemmons   SE38 mi [61.2 km]17,23424.64% increase
 Conover   S44 mi [70.8 km]7,28610.33% increase
 Granite Falls   SW44 mi [70.8 km]4,610---
 King   E34 mi [54.7 km]6,90616.03% increase
 Lenoir   SW34 mi [54.7 km]17,8906.53% increase
 Lewisville   SE34 mi [54.7 km]12,87845.91% increase
 Long View   SW47 mi [75.6 km]4,9444.7% increase
 Mount Airy   NE23 mi [37.01 km]9,50111.99% increase
 Newton   S47 mi [75.6 km]13,3726.46% increase
 Sawmills   SW44 mi [70.8 km]4,9310.2% increase
 Statesville   S37 mi [59.5 km]26,41413.27% increase
 Galax (VA)   N23 mi [37.01 km]6,8080.42% decrease
 Marion (VA)   NW46 mi [74 km]6,0015.48% decrease
 Wytheville (VA)   N43 mi [69.2 km]8,2826.13% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Arlington   SE10 mi [16.09 km]---
 Boonville   E16 mi [25.75 km]1,1161.93% decrease
 Cricket   SW16 mi [25.75 km]---
 Dobson   E15 mi [24.14 km]1,458---
 Elkin   SE8 mi [12.87 km]4,108---
 Fairplains   SW13 mi [20.92 km]---
 Hays   SW9 mi [14.48 km]---
 Jonesville   SE9 mi [14.48 km]2,27055.05% increase
 Millers Creek   SW17 mi [27.36 km]---
 Mulberry   SW12 mi [19.31 km]---
 North Wilkesboro   SW13 mi [20.92 km]4,1581.02% increase
 Pleasant Hill   SE6 mi [9.66 km]---
 Ronda   S7 mi [11.27 km]4560.87% decrease
 Sparta   NW14 mi [22.53 km]1,7752.31% decrease
 Wilkesboro   SW16 mi [25.75 km]3,1400.6% decrease

Wilkes County

Austin is located in Wilkes County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wilkes: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Caldwell, Iredell, Surry, Watauga and Yadkin.

While not sharing a border with Wilkes, the following counties are close to Austin: Grayson (VA), Carroll (VA) and Galax City (VA).

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Austin
 Alexander County   SVashti23 miles [37 km]
 Alleghany County   NHigh Meadows Estates5 miles [8 km]
 Ashe County   WTransou18 miles [28 km]
 Caldwell County   SWGrandin31 miles [49 km]
 Catawba County   SSunrise Beach39 miles [62 km]
 Davie County   SEFour Corners28 miles [45 km]
 Forsyth County   EHeritage Village30 miles [48 km]
 Iredell County   SUnion Grove21 miles [33 km]
 Rowan County   SEPittsburg37 miles [59 km]
 Stokes County   EPinnacle30 miles [48 km]



Search for Local Businesses

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) Austin. 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.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
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 Austin.

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