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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 DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Albemarle   NE12 mi [19.31 km]15,5221.01% decrease
 Asheboro   NE42 mi [67.6 km]24,60913.55% increase
 Concord   NW20 mi [32.19 km]66,31118.46% increase
 Cornelius   NW35 mi [56.3 km]24,487104.59% increase
 Huntersville   W32 mi [51.5 km]44,05476.5% increase
 Kannapolis   NW24 mi [38.62 km]42,52115.2% increase
 Lexington   N39 mi [62.8 km]20,4072.28% increase
 Matthews   W22 mi [35.41 km]26,90121.58% increase
 Mint Hill   W18 mi [28.97 km]20,36936.5% increase
 Monroe   SW20 mi [32.19 km]32,54324.08% increase
 Mooresville   NW36 mi [57.9 km]21,95416.63% increase
 Salisbury   N31 mi [49.89 km]28,9729.49% increase
 Statesville   NW48 mi [77.2 km]26,41413.27% increase
 Thomasville   N47 mi [75.6 km]26,52634.05% increase
 Rock Hill (SC)   SW44 mi [70.8 km]67,33935.31% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Ansonville   SE15 mi [24.14 km]5956.45% decrease
 Badin   NE17 mi [27.36 km]1,31814.21% increase
 Cedar Village   NE8 mi [12.87 km]---
 Fairview   SW12 mi [19.31 km]---
 Locust   NW6 mi [9.66 km]2,6379.15% increase
 Marshville   S16 mi [25.75 km]3,20835.93% increase
 Midland   W10 mi [16.09 km]---
 Mount Pleasant   NW12 mi [19.31 km]1,63229.63% increase
 New London   NE16 mi [25.75 km]61287.73% increase
 Norwood   E12 mi [19.31 km]2,4158.98% increase
 Peachland   S16 mi [25.75 km]5294.51% decrease
 Red Cross   NW3 mi [4.83 km]---
 Stanfield   W5 mi [8.05 km]1,112---
 Sugar Town   SE14 mi [22.53 km]---
 Unionville   SW14 mi [22.53 km]7,89964.67% 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:

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Oakboro
 Anson County   SEBurnsville9 miles [14 km]
 Cabarrus County   NWGeorgeville9 miles [14 km]
 Davidson County   NNewsom22 miles [35 km]
 Davie County   NClinton37 miles [59 km]
 Gaston County   WBrown Town38 miles [61 km]
 Iredell County   NWDavidson33 miles [53 km]
 Lincoln County   WCowans Ford37 miles [59 km]
 Mecklenburg County   WAllen15 miles [24 km]
 Montgomery County   EEmerald Shores14 miles [22 km]
 Moore County   ESamarcand36 miles [57 km]



Search for Local Businesses

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.

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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Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
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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 Oakboro.

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