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Star, North Carolina

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Greensboro. It is located about 48 miles [77 km] to the north of Star and has a population of 223,891 people.<1>

The next largest community is High Point. It is located about 42 miles [67 km] to the north of Star and has a population of 85,839 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Albemarle   W23 mi [37.01 km]15,5221.01% decrease
 Archdale   N36 mi [57.9 km]9,3323.53% increase
 Asheboro   N19 mi [30.58 km]24,60913.55% increase
 Burlington   N50 mi [80.5 km]50,85713.22% increase
 Concord   W47 mi [75.6 km]66,31118.46% increase
 Graham   NE50 mi [80.5 km]14,53313.25% increase
 Kannapolis   W48 mi [77.2 km]42,52115.2% increase
 Laurinburg   S47 mi [75.6 km]15,5482.05% decrease
 Lexington   NW38 mi [61.2 km]20,4072.28% increase
 Pinehurst   SE23 mi [37.01 km]12,33127.05% increase
 Rockingham   S31 mi [49.89 km]8,8808.19% decrease
 Salisbury   NW43 mi [69.2 km]28,9729.49% increase
 Sanford   E34 mi [54.7 km]29,28426.12% increase
 Southern Pines   SE25 mi [40.23 km]12,67516.09% increase
 Thomasville   NW37 mi [59.5 km]26,52634.05% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Badin   W18 mi [28.97 km]1,31814.21% increase
 Biscoe   S2 mi [3.22 km]1,6721.65% decrease
 Candor   S7 mi [11.27 km]8401.82% increase
 Carthage   E21 mi [33.8 km]2,0338.66% increase
 Ellerbe   S22 mi [35.41 km]9823.82% decrease
 Foxfire   SE19 mi [30.58 km]4882.95% increase
 Mount Gilead   SW17 mi [27.36 km]1,3960.5% increase
 Norman   S16 mi [25.75 km]8213.89% increase
 Norwood   SW22 mi [35.41 km]2,4158.98% increase
 Parkwood   E16 mi [25.75 km]---
 Robbins   E11 mi [17.7 km]1,2252.51% increase
 Seagrove   N9 mi [14.48 km]2595.28% increase
 Seven Lakes   SE14 mi [22.53 km]---
 Taylortown   SE20 mi [32.19 km]8834.5% increase
 Troy   W6 mi [9.66 km]3,4150.44% decrease

Montgomery County

Star is located in Montgomery County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Montgomery: Anson, Davidson, Moore, Randolph, Richmond and Stanly.

While not sharing a border with Montgomery, the following counties are close to Star: Chatham, Rowan and Lee.

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Star
 Alamance County   NEPleasant Hill36 miles [57 km]
 Anson County   SWCedar Hill25 miles [40 km]
 Cabarrus County   WBarriers Mill36 miles [57 km]
 Chatham County   NEBennett17 miles [27 km]
 Davidson County   NWComplex20 miles [32 km]
 Guilford County   NClimax35 miles [56 km]
 Harnett County   EMurchisontown36 miles [57 km]
 Hoke County   SEAshley Heights31 miles [49 km]
 Lee County   EWhite Hill28 miles [45 km]
 Moore County   NEDover4 miles [6 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) Star. 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 Star.

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