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Boy's of Boys Town<1> and has a population of 390,007 people.<2>
The next largest community is Lincoln.
It is located about 41 miles [65 km] to the southwest of Boys Town and has a population of 225,581 people.
Other large communities in the area:
| | Community | Direction | Distance<3> | 2008
Population | Change
Since 2000 |
| | Council Bluffs (IA) |  E | 14 mi [22.53 km] | 59,536 | 2.18% increase |
| | Glenwood (IA) |  SE | 25 mi [40.23 km] | 5,646 | 5.38% increase |
| | Harlan (IA) |  NE | 49 mi [78.9 km] | 4,986 | 5.6% decrease |
| | Red Oak (IA) | E | 50 mi [80.5 km] | 5,683 | 8.29% decrease |
| | Bellevue | SE | 12 mi [19.31 km] | 49,699 | 11.98% increase |
| | Blair |  N | 19 mi [30.58 km] | 7,789 | 3.69% increase |
| | Elkhorn |  W | 6 mi [9.66 km] | --- | |
| | Fremont |  NW | 22 mi [35.41 km] | 25,224 | 0.2% increase |
| | La Vista | SE | 7 mi [11.27 km] | 16,643 | 42.26% increase |
| | Nebraska City |  S | 42 mi [67.6 km] | 7,032 | 2.71% decrease |
| | Papillion | SE | 8 mi [12.87 km] | 23,739 | 45.08% increase |
| | Plattsmouth | SE | 21 mi [33.8 km] | 6,902 | 0.22% increase |
| | Ralston | SE | 6 mi [9.66 km] | 6,095 | 3.47% decrease |
| | Schuyler | W | 49 mi [78.9 km] | 5,163 | 3.87% decrease |
| | Wahoo | W | 25 mi [40.23 km] | 3,966 | 0.61% increase |
Below is a sample of nearby communities:
| | Community | Direction | Distance | 2008
Population | Change
Since 2000 |
| | Carter Lake (IA) | E | 11 mi [17.7 km] | 3,268 | 0.62% increase |
| | Crescent (IA) | NE | 16 mi [25.75 km] | 512 | 4.66% decrease |
| | Bennington | N | 7 mi [11.27 km] | 1,014 | 8.22% increase |
| | Cedar Creek | S | 14 mi [22.53 km] | 398 | 0.51% increase |
| | Chalco | S | 5 mi [8.05 km] | --- | |
| | Elk City | NW | 10 mi [16.09 km] | --- | |
| | Fort Calhoun | N | 14 mi [22.53 km] | 908 | 6.07% increase |
| | Gretna |  SW | 9 mi [14.48 km] | 6,572 | 179.07% increase |
| | Kennard | N | 15 mi [24.14 km] | 390 | 5.12% increase |
| | Leshara | W | 16 mi [25.75 km] | 104 | 6.31% decrease |
| | Springfield | S | 11 mi [17.7 km] | 1,563 | 7.79% increase |
| | Valley | W | 12 mi [19.31 km] | 1,922 | 7.49% increase |
| | Washington | N | 10 mi [16.09 km] | 135 | 7.14% increase |
| | Waterloo | W | 8 mi [12.87 km] | 829 | 80.61% increase |
| | Yutan | W | 13 mi [20.92 km] | 1,207 | 0.74% decrease |
Douglas County
Boys Town is located in Douglas County.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Douglas: Dodge, Washington, Pottawattamie (IA), Sarpy and Saunders. While not sharing a border with Douglas, the following counties are close to Boys Town: Cass, Mills (IA) and Harrison (IA).
Below are counties that are near Boys Town (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Boys Town:
Search for Local BusinessesGoogle's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be 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) Boys Town. 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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Other Roadside Stops
Off-the-Road Links
The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Boys Town: Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Boys Town? Please visit the Map Page for Boys Town. |
Footnotes
| <1> | Keep in mind that you might find some variations to Boys Town: It's frequently the practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Boys Town may originally have been Boy's Town. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether. In that case, you may find that a reference to Boy Town is actually referring to Boys Town. - Return to Citation |
| <2> | Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Boys Town. - Return to Citation |
| <3> | Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Boys Town and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation |
| <4> | All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation |
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