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	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Boone	W	39 mi [62.8 km]	13,945	3.51% increase
	Clemmons	SE	38 mi [61.2 km]	17,234	24.64% increase
	Conover	S	44 mi [70.8 km]	7,286	10.33% increase
	Granite Falls	SW	44 mi [70.8 km]	4,610	---
	King	E	34 mi [54.7 km]	6,906	16.03% increase
	Lenoir	SW	34 mi [54.7 km]	17,890	6.53% increase
	Lewisville	SE	34 mi [54.7 km]	12,878	45.91% increase
	Long View	SW	47 mi [75.6 km]	4,944	4.7% increase
	Mount Airy	NE	23 mi [37.01 km]	9,501	11.99% increase
	Newton	S	47 mi [75.6 km]	13,372	6.46% increase
	Sawmills	SW	44 mi [70.8 km]	4,931	0.2% increase
	Statesville	S	37 mi [59.5 km]	26,414	13.27% increase
	Galax (VA)	N	23 mi [37.01 km]	6,808	0.42% decrease
	Marion (VA)	NW	46 mi [74 km]	6,001	5.48% decrease
	Wytheville (VA)	N	43 mi [69.2 km]	8,282	6.13% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Arlington	SE	10 mi [16.09 km]	---
	Boonville	E	16 mi [25.75 km]	1,116	1.93% decrease
	Cricket	SW	16 mi [25.75 km]	---
	Dobson	E	15 mi [24.14 km]	1,458	---
	Elkin	SE	8 mi [12.87 km]	4,108	---
	Fairplains	SW	13 mi [20.92 km]	---
	Hays	SW	9 mi [14.48 km]	---
	Jonesville	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]	2,270	55.05% increase
	Millers Creek	SW	17 mi [27.36 km]	---
	Mulberry	SW	12 mi [19.31 km]	---
	North Wilkesboro	SW	13 mi [20.92 km]	4,158	1.02% increase
	Pleasant Hill	SE	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Ronda	S	7 mi [11.27 km]	456	0.87% decrease
	Sparta	NW	14 mi [22.53 km]	1,775	2.31% decrease
	Wilkesboro	SW	16 mi [25.75 km]	3,140	0.6% 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:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Austin
	Alexander County	S	Vashti	23 miles [37 km]
	Alleghany County	N	High Meadows Estates	5 miles [8 km]
	Ashe County	W	Transou	18 miles [28 km]
	Caldwell County	SW	Grandin	31 miles [49 km]
	Catawba County	S	Sunrise Beach	39 miles [62 km]
	Davie County	SE	Four Corners	28 miles [45 km]
	Forsyth County	E	Heritage Village	30 miles [48 km]
	Iredell County	S	Union Grove	21 miles [33 km]
	Rowan County	SE	Pittsburg	37 miles [59 km]
	Stokes County	E	Pinnacle	30 miles [48 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for North Carolina<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) 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.

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