Wilmington, North Carolina

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Wilmington is the largest city within a 50 mile [80 km] radius.

The next largest community is Jacksonville. It is located about 45 miles [72 km] to the northeast of Wilmington and has a population of 66,715 people.^<1>

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Boiling Spring Lakes	SW	16 mi [25.75 km]	4,686	57.67% increase
	Burgaw	N	23 mi [37.01 km]	4,275	28.11% increase
	Camp Lejeune	NE	40 mi [64.4 km]	---
	Carolina Beach	S	11 mi [17.7 km]	5,864	24.74% increase
	Carolina Shores	SW	45 mi [72.4 km]	2,995	102.09% increase
	Elizabethtown	NW	50 mi [80.5 km]	3,714	0.43% increase
	Kure Beach	S	14 mi [22.53 km]	2,519	67.15% increase
	Lake Waccamaw	W	37 mi [59.5 km]	1,445	2.41% increase
	Leland	W	7 mi [11.27 km]	5,094	162.85% increase
	Oak Island	SW	24 mi [38.62 km]	8,180	24.49% increase
	Southport	S	21 mi [33.8 km]	3,080	31.01% increase
	Sunset Beach	SW	42 mi [67.6 km]	2,602	42.65% increase
	Wallace	N	36 mi [57.9 km]	3,591	7.39% increase
	Whiteville	W	47 mi [75.6 km]	5,233	1.65% increase
	Wrightsville Beach	E	5 mi [8.05 km]	2,648	2.12% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bayshore	NE	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Belville	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	1,263	343.16% increase
	Hightsville	NW	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Kings Grant	N	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Kirkland	NE	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Masonboro	SE	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Murraysville	N	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Myrtle Grove	S	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	Ogden	NE	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	Old Town	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Seagate	E	2 mi [3.22 km]	---
	Silver Lake	S	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Smith Creek	N	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Windemere	NE	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Wrightsboro	N	5 mi [8.05 km]	---

New Hanover County

Wilmington is located in New Hanover County and is the county seat.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Wilmington
	Bladen County	NW	Long View	25 miles [40 km]
	Brunswick County	W	Belville	6 miles [9 km]
	Columbus County	NW	Acme	19 miles [30 km]
	Duplin County	N	Tin City	36 miles [57 km]
	Onslow County	NE	Surf City	23 miles [37 km]
	Pender County	NE	Scotts Hill	10 miles [16 km]
	Sampson County	NW	Ivanhoe	34 miles [54 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for North Carolina<3>

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned 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) Wilmington. 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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