Columbus, Ohio

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

The next largest community is Springfield. It is located about 43 miles [69 km] to the west of Columbus and has a population of 65,358 people.^<1>

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Chillicothe	S	44 mi [70.8 km]	22,296	2.29% increase
	Delaware	N	21 mi [33.8 km]	33,719	33.58% increase
	Dublin	NW	12 mi [19.31 km]	38,536	22.76% increase
	Gahanna	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]	33,892	3.85% increase
	Grove City	SW	9 mi [14.48 km]	33,829	24.95% increase
	Hilliard	W	9 mi [14.48 km]	27,901	15.15% increase
	Lancaster	SE	27 mi [43.45 km]	36,976	4.64% increase
	Marion	N	42 mi [67.6 km]	35,841	1.48% increase
	Marysville	NW	25 mi [40.23 km]	18,212	14.24% increase
	Mount Vernon	NE	38 mi [61.2 km]	16,037	11.56% increase
	Newark	E	30 mi [48.28 km]	47,236	2.07% increase
	Reynoldsburg	E	9 mi [14.48 km]	33,657	4.95% increase
	Upper Arlington	NW	5 mi [8.05 km]	31,878	5.37% decrease
	Westerville	N	10 mi [16.09 km]	36,231	2.59% increase
	Whitehall	E	5 mi [8.05 km]	18,180	5.32% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bexley	SE	3 mi [4.83 km]	12,507	5.27% decrease
	Blacklick Estates	SE	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Brice	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]	82	17.14% increase
	Grandview Heights	W	2 mi [3.22 km]	6,306	5.81% decrease
	Grove City Country Club	SW	10 mi [16.09 km]	---
	Groveport	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]	5,240	35.58% increase
	Huber Ridge	NE	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Lincoln Village	W	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Marble Cliff	W	4 mi [6.44 km]	650	0.62% increase
	Minerva Park	N	6 mi [9.66 km]	1,205	6.44% decrease
	New Rome	W	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Obetz	S	8 mi [12.87 km]	4,219	6.08% increase
	Riverlea	N	6 mi [9.66 km]	477	4.41% decrease
	Urbancrest	SW	7 mi [11.27 km]	879	1.27% increase
	Worthington	N	7 mi [11.27 km]	13,314	5.74% decrease

Franklin County

Columbus is primarily located in Franklin County and is the county seat. A portion of Columbus extends into Fairfield County and Delaware County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Franklin: Delaware, Fairfield, Licking, Madison, Pickaway and Union.

While not sharing a border with Franklin, the following counties are close to Columbus: Knox, Fayette and Morrow.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Columbus
	Champaign County	W	Five Points	30 miles [48 km]
	Clark County	W	Brighton	30 miles [48 km]
	Delaware County	NE	Mackstown	12 miles [19 km]
	Fairfield County	SE	Canal Winchester	13 miles [20 km]
	Fayette County	SW	Cook	26 miles [41 km]
	Hocking County	SE	Buena Vista	34 miles [54 km]
	Knox County	NE	Hedington Corners	25 miles [40 km]
	Licking County	E	Reynoldsburg	9 miles [14 km]
	Logan County	NW	Middleburg	37 miles [59 km]
	Madison County	NW	Kileville	14 miles [22 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Ohio<3>

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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) Columbus. 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.

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