North Platte, Nebraska

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

The next largest community is Ogallala. It is located about 49 miles [78 km] to the west of North Platte and has a population of 4,930 people.^<1>

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Arnold	NE	35 mi [56.3 km]	586	6.98% decrease
	Brady	E	21 mi [33.8 km]	371	1.37% increase
	Callaway	E	45 mi [72.4 km]	601	5.65% decrease
	Cozad	SE	44 mi [70.8 km]	4,218	1.32% increase
	Curtis	S	36 mi [57.9 km]	681	18.15% decrease
	Eustis	SE	49 mi [78.9 km]	378	18.53% decrease
	Gothenburg	SE	34 mi [54.7 km]	3,693	2.04% increase
	Hershey	W	12 mi [19.31 km]	699	22.2% increase
	Madrid	SW	44 mi [70.8 km]	242	8.68% decrease
	Maxwell	E	12 mi [19.31 km]	319	1.27% increase
	Maywood	S	33 mi [53.1 km]	268	19.03% decrease
	Paxton	W	30 mi [48.28 km]	512	16.61% decrease
	Stapleton	NE	27 mi [43.45 km]	286	4.98% decrease
	Sutherland	W	18 mi [28.97 km]	1,235	9.39% increase
	Wallace	SW	28 mi [45.06 km]	314	4.56% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Dickens	SW	23 mi [37.01 km]	---
	Elsie	SW	37 mi [59.5 km]	128	7.91% decrease
	Farnam	SE	40 mi [64.4 km]	230	3.14% increase
	Gandy	NE	28 mi [45.06 km]	28	6.67% decrease
	Grainton	SW	34 mi [54.7 km]	---
	Hayes Center	S	44 mi [70.8 km]	221	7.92% decrease
	Moorefield	SE	35 mi [56.3 km]	43	17.31% decrease
	Roscoe	W	42 mi [67.6 km]	---
	Somerset	S	21 mi [33.8 km]	---
	Stockville	SE	45 mi [72.4 km]	30	16.67% decrease
	Tryon	N	31 mi [49.89 km]	---
	Wellfleet	S	25 mi [40.23 km]	76	---

Lincoln County

North Platte is located in Lincoln County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lincoln: Custer, Dawson, Frontier, Hayes, Keith, Logan, McPherson and Perkins.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From North Platte
	Custer County	E	Etna	31 miles [49 km]
	Dawson County	SE	Gothenburg	34 miles [54 km]
	Frontier County	S	Maywood	33 miles [53 km]
	Hayes County	S	Marengo	34 miles [54 km]
	Keith County	W	Sarben	28 miles [45 km]
	Logan County	NE	Stapleton	27 miles [43 km]
	McPherson County	N	Ringgold	26 miles [41 km]
	Perkins County	SW	Grainton	34 miles [54 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Nebraska<3>

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People are finding 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) North Platte. 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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