Omaha, Nebraska

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

The next largest community is Lincoln. It is located about 46 miles [74 km] to the southwest of Omaha and has a population of 225,581 people.^<1>

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Council Bluffs (IA)	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	59,536	2.18% increase
	Glenwood (IA)	SE	21 mi [33.8 km]	5,646	5.38% increase
	Harlan (IA)	NE	45 mi [72.4 km]	4,986	5.6% decrease
	Red Oak (IA)	E	45 mi [72.4 km]	5,683	8.29% decrease
	Shenandoah (IA)	SE	48 mi [77.2 km]	4,944	10.85% decrease
	Bellevue	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]	49,699	11.98% increase
	Blair	N	19 mi [30.58 km]	7,789	3.69% increase
	Elkhorn	W	11 mi [17.7 km]	---
	Fremont	NW	26 mi [41.84 km]	25,224	0.2% increase
	La Vista	S	5 mi [8.05 km]	16,643	42.26% increase
	Nebraska City	S	41 mi [66 km]	7,032	2.71% decrease
	Papillion	S	7 mi [11.27 km]	23,739	45.08% increase
	Plattsmouth	S	19 mi [30.58 km]	6,902	0.22% increase
	Ralston	S	4 mi [6.44 km]	6,095	3.47% decrease
	Wahoo	W	30 mi [48.28 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	6 mi [9.66 km]	3,268	0.62% increase
	Crescent (IA)	NE	11 mi [17.7 km]	512	4.66% decrease
	Honey Creek (IA)	NE	14 mi [22.53 km]	---
	Loveland (IA)	NE	17 mi [27.36 km]	---
	Bennington	NW	9 mi [14.48 km]	1,014	8.22% increase
	Boys Town	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	977	19.44% increase
	Cedar Creek	S	15 mi [24.14 km]	398	0.51% increase
	Chalco	SW	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Elk City	NW	14 mi [22.53 km]	---
	Fort Calhoun	N	13 mi [20.92 km]	908	6.07% increase
	Gretna	SW	13 mi [20.92 km]	6,572	179.07% increase
	Kennard	NW	17 mi [27.36 km]	390	5.12% increase
	Springfield	SW	13 mi [20.92 km]	1,563	7.79% increase
	Washington	NW	13 mi [20.92 km]	135	7.14% increase
	Waterloo	W	13 mi [20.92 km]	829	80.61% increase

Douglas County

Omaha is located in Douglas County and is the county seat.

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 Omaha: Cass, Mills (IA) and Harrison (IA).

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Omaha
	Fremont County (IA)	SE	Bartlett (IA)	28 miles [45 km]
	Harrison County (IA)	N	Findley (IA)	19 miles [30 km]
	Mills County (IA)	SE	Folsom (IA)	16 miles [25 km]
	Montgomery County (IA)	E	Wales (IA)	37 miles [59 km]
	Pottawattamie County (IA)	E	Carter Lake (IA)	6 miles [9 km]
	Shelby County (IA)	NE	Portsmouth (IA)	37 miles [59 km]
	Burt County	N	Tekamah	36 miles [57 km]
	Cass County	S	Cullom	14 miles [22 km]
	Dodge County	NW	Fremont	26 miles [41 km]
	Lancaster County	SW	Waverly	35 miles [56 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Nebraska<3>

Search for Local Businesses

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) Omaha. 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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