Oakboro, North Carolina

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Charlotte. It is located about 28 miles [45 km] to the west of Oakboro and has a population of 540,828 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Gastonia. It is located about 48 miles [77 km] to the west of Oakboro and has a population of 66,277 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Albemarle	NE	12 mi [19.31 km]	15,522	1.01% decrease
	Asheboro	NE	42 mi [67.6 km]	24,609	13.55% increase
	Concord	NW	20 mi [32.19 km]	66,311	18.46% increase
	Cornelius	NW	35 mi [56.3 km]	24,487	104.59% increase
	Huntersville	W	32 mi [51.5 km]	44,054	76.5% increase
	Kannapolis	NW	24 mi [38.62 km]	42,521	15.2% increase
	Lexington	N	39 mi [62.8 km]	20,407	2.28% increase
	Matthews	W	22 mi [35.41 km]	26,901	21.58% increase
	Mint Hill	W	18 mi [28.97 km]	20,369	36.5% increase
	Monroe	SW	20 mi [32.19 km]	32,543	24.08% increase
	Mooresville	NW	36 mi [57.9 km]	21,954	16.63% increase
	Salisbury	N	31 mi [49.89 km]	28,972	9.49% increase
	Statesville	NW	48 mi [77.2 km]	26,414	13.27% increase
	Thomasville	N	47 mi [75.6 km]	26,526	34.05% increase
	Rock Hill (SC)	SW	44 mi [70.8 km]	67,339	35.31% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Ansonville	SE	15 mi [24.14 km]	595	6.45% decrease
	Badin	NE	17 mi [27.36 km]	1,318	14.21% increase
	Cedar Village	NE	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Fairview	SW	12 mi [19.31 km]	---
	Locust	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]	2,637	9.15% increase
	Marshville	S	16 mi [25.75 km]	3,208	35.93% increase
	Midland	W	10 mi [16.09 km]	---
	Mount Pleasant	NW	12 mi [19.31 km]	1,632	29.63% increase
	New London	NE	16 mi [25.75 km]	612	87.73% increase
	Norwood	E	12 mi [19.31 km]	2,415	8.98% increase
	Peachland	S	16 mi [25.75 km]	529	4.51% decrease
	Red Cross	NW	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Stanfield	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	1,112	---
	Sugar Town	SE	14 mi [22.53 km]	---
	Unionville	SW	14 mi [22.53 km]	7,899	64.67% increase

Stanly County

Oakboro is located in Stanly County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Stanly: Anson, Cabarrus, Davidson, Montgomery, Richmond, Rowan and Union.

While not sharing a border with Stanly, the following counties are close to Oakboro: Mecklenburg, Randolph and Chesterfield (SC).

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Oakboro
	Anson County	SE	Burnsville	9 miles [14 km]
	Cabarrus County	NW	Georgeville	9 miles [14 km]
	Davidson County	N	Newsom	22 miles [35 km]
	Davie County	N	Clinton	37 miles [59 km]
	Gaston County	W	Brown Town	38 miles [61 km]
	Iredell County	NW	Davidson	33 miles [53 km]
	Lincoln County	W	Cowans Ford	37 miles [59 km]
	Mecklenburg County	W	Allen	15 miles [24 km]
	Montgomery County	E	Emerald Shores	14 miles [22 km]
	Moore County	E	Samarcand	36 miles [57 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for North Carolina<3>

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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) Oakboro. 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.

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