Newark, Nebraska

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Grand Island. It is located about 36 miles [57 km] to the northeast of Newark and has a population of 42,940 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Kearney. It lies just northwest of Newark and has a population of 27,431 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Alma	SW	42 mi [67.6 km]	1,074	11.53% decrease
	Elm Creek	W	22 mi [35.41 km]	878	1.79% decrease
	Franklin	S	37 mi [59.5 km]	889	13.35% decrease
	Gibbon	NE	9 mi [14.48 km]	1,847	5% increase
	Harvard	E	45 mi [72.4 km]	873	12.53% decrease
	Hastings	E	30 mi [48.28 km]	25,394	5.53% increase
	Holdrege	SW	25 mi [40.23 km]	5,172	8.23% decrease
	Lexington	W	41 mi [66 km]	10,126	1.15% increase
	Loup City	N	43 mi [69.2 km]	883	11.35% decrease
	Minden	S	9 mi [14.48 km]	2,802	5.47% decrease
	Ravenna	N	26 mi [41.84 km]	1,316	1.86% decrease
	Red Cloud	SE	44 mi [70.8 km]	960	15.12% decrease
	Saint Paul	NE	47 mi [75.6 km]	2,199	0.86% decrease
	Shelton	NE	15 mi [24.14 km]	1,157	1.49% increase
	Wood River	NE	22 mi [35.41 km]	1,193	0.91% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Amherst	NW	21 mi [33.8 km]	272	1.81% decrease
	Axtell	SW	14 mi [22.53 km]	693	0.43% decrease
	Funk	SW	19 mi [30.58 km]	185	9.31% decrease
	Heartwell	SE	10 mi [16.09 km]	77	3.75% decrease
	Hildreth	S	21 mi [33.8 km]	320	13.51% decrease
	Holstein	SE	20 mi [32.19 km]	240	4.8% increase
	Juniata	E	24 mi [38.62 km]	770	11.11% increase
	Kenesaw	E	16 mi [25.75 km]	912	4.47% increase
	Norman	SE	14 mi [22.53 km]	47	4.08% decrease
	Odessa	W	15 mi [24.14 km]	---
	Pleasanton	N	23 mi [37.01 km]	351	2.5% decrease
	Prosser	E	20 mi [32.19 km]	99	5.32% increase
	Riverdale	NW	14 mi [22.53 km]	209	1.88% decrease
	Upland	S	22 mi [35.41 km]	154	13.97% decrease
	Wilcox	SW	21 mi [33.8 km]	334	7.22% decrease

Kearney County

Newark is located in Kearney County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Kearney: Adams, Buffalo, Franklin, Harlan, Phelps and Webster.

While not sharing a border with Kearney, the counties of Hall and Dawson are close to Newark.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Newark
	Adams County	E	Kenesaw	16 miles [25 km]
	Buffalo County	N	Buda	5 miles [8 km]
	Clay County	E	Glenvil	38 miles [61 km]
	Dawson County	W	Trued	26 miles [41 km]
	Franklin County	S	Hildreth	21 miles [33 km]
	Hall County	NE	Wood River	22 miles [35 km]
	Harlan County	SW	Ragan	28 miles [45 km]
	Howard County	NE	Boelus	32 miles [51 km]
	Phelps County	SW	Funk	19 miles [30 km]
	Sherman County	N	Hazard	31 miles [49 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Nebraska<3>

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Google'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) Newark. 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.

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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