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Gretna, Nebraska

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Omaha. It is located about 13 miles [20 km] to the northeast of Gretna and has a population of 390,007 people.<1>

The next largest community is Lincoln. It is located about 32 miles [51 km] to the southwest of Gretna and has a population of 225,581 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Carter Lake (IA)   NE19 mi [30.58 km]3,2680.62% increase
 Council Bluffs (IA)   E21 mi [33.8 km]59,5362.18% increase
 Glenwood (IA)   E26 mi [41.84 km]5,6465.38% increase
 Bellevue   E16 mi [25.75 km]49,69911.98% increase
 Blair   N28 mi [45.06 km]7,7893.69% increase
 Elkhorn   N8 mi [12.87 km]---
 Fremont   NW24 mi [38.62 km]25,2240.2% increase
 La Vista   E10 mi [16.09 km]16,64342.26% increase
 Nebraska City   SE37 mi [59.5 km]7,0322.71% decrease
 Papillion   E10 mi [16.09 km]23,73945.08% increase
 Plattsmouth   SE20 mi [32.19 km]6,9020.22% increase
 Ralston   E11 mi [17.7 km]6,0953.47% decrease
 Schuyler   NW47 mi [75.6 km]5,1633.87% decrease
 Seward   W47 mi [75.6 km]6,8418.26% increase
 Wahoo   W20 mi [32.19 km]3,9660.61% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Ashland   SW9 mi [14.48 km]2,56313.31% increase
 Boys Town   NE9 mi [14.48 km]97719.44% increase
 Cedar Creek   SE9 mi [14.48 km]3980.51% increase
 Chalco   NE5 mi [8.05 km]---
 Ithaca   W15 mi [24.14 km]1595.36% decrease
 Louisville   SE10 mi [16.09 km]1,0390.67% decrease
 Manley   S15 mi [24.14 km]1900.52% decrease
 Mead   NW13 mi [20.92 km]5986.03% increase
 Memphis   W10 mi [16.09 km]1092.83% increase
 Murdock   S14 mi [22.53 km]2641.86% decrease
 South Bend   S9 mi [14.48 km]842.33% decrease
 Springfield   SE6 mi [9.66 km]1,5637.79% increase
 Valley   NW13 mi [20.92 km]1,9227.49% increase
 Waterloo   N10 mi [16.09 km]82980.61% increase
 Yutan   NW10 mi [16.09 km]1,2070.74% decrease

Sarpy County

Gretna is located in Sarpy County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sarpy: Douglas, Pottawattamie (IA), Mills (IA), Cass and Saunders.

While not sharing a border with Sarpy, the following counties are close to Gretna: Washington, Lancaster and Dodge.

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Gretna
 Fremont County (IA)   SEBartlett (IA)29 miles [46 km]
 Harrison County (IA)   NECalifornia Junction (IA)31 miles [49 km]
 Mills County (IA)   EFolsom (IA)22 miles [35 km]
 Pottawattamie County (IA)   NECarter Lake (IA)19 miles [30 km]
 Butler County   WLoma36 miles [57 km]
 Cass County   SECedar Creek9 miles [14 km]
 Dodge County   NWInglewood23 miles [37 km]
 Douglas County   NEMillard7 miles [11 km]
 Lancaster County   SWWaverly22 miles [35 km]
 Otoe County   SOtoe29 miles [46 km]



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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) Gretna. 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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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 Gretna.

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