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Elam, Pennsylvania

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Philadelphia. It is located about 21 miles [33 km] to the east of Elam and has a population of 1,517,550 people.<1>

The next largest community is Trenton (NJ). It is located about 48 miles [77 km] to the northeast of Elam and has a population of 85,403 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Dover (DE)   S48 mi [77.2 km]36,10712.36% increase
 Newark (DE)   SW16 mi [25.75 km]29,8864.69% increase
 Wilmington (DE)   S8 mi [12.87 km]72,5920.1% decrease
 Aberdeen (MD)   SW40 mi [64.4 km]13,9931.09% increase
 Elkton (MD)   SW22 mi [35.41 km]14,84224.8% increase
 Havre de Grace (MD)   SW36 mi [57.9 km]13,08515.48% increase
 Bridgeton (NJ)   SE33 mi [53.1 km]24,7428.66% increase
 Camden (NJ)   E23 mi [37.01 km]79,3830.65% decrease
 Gloucester City (NJ)   E22 mi [35.41 km]11,5030.17% increase
 Hammonton (NJ)   E43 mi [69.2 km]13,4246.51% increase
 Millville (NJ)   SE41 mi [66 km]28,9307.76% increase
 Vineland (NJ)   SE39 mi [62.8 km]58,7804.46% increase
 Chester   E8 mi [12.87 km]36,5640.79% decrease
 Lancaster   W42 mi [67.6 km]54,6263.06% decrease
 Reading   NW39 mi [62.8 km]80,5060.86% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Analine Village (DE)   SE5 mi [8.05 km]---
 Aniline Village (DE)   SE5 mi [8.05 km]---
 Arden (DE)   SE4 mi [6.44 km]4842.11% increase
 Ardencroft (DE)   SE4 mi [6.44 km]2753% increase
 Ardentown (DE)   SE4 mi [6.44 km]3082.67% increase
 Bellefonte (DE)   S6 mi [9.66 km]1,2903.28% increase
 Claymont Village (DE)   SE5 mi [8.05 km]---
 Claymont (DE)   SE5 mi [8.05 km]---
 Greenville (DE)   SW6 mi [9.66 km]---
 Talleyville (DE)   S3 mi [4.83 km]---
 White Village (DE)   SE5 mi [8.05 km]---
 Whites Village (DE)   SE5 mi [8.05 km]---
 Boothwyn   E5 mi [8.05 km]---
 Coventry Village   N6 mi [9.66 km]---
 Creekside Village at Naamans   E4 mi [6.44 km]---

Delaware County

Elam is located in Delaware County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Delaware: Montgomery, Philadelphia, Chester, New Castle (DE) and Gloucester (NJ).

While not sharing a border with Delaware, the following counties are close to Elam: Salem (NJ), Erie and Cecil (MD).

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Elam
 Kent County (DE)   SHay Point Landing (DE)34 miles [54 km]
 New Castle County (DE)   SEBarkley (DE)1 miles [1 km]
 Cecil County (MD)   SWGlen Farms (MD)16 miles [25 km]
 Harford County (MD)   SWLapidum (MD)35 miles [56 km]
 Kent County (MD)   SSassafras (MD)36 miles [57 km]
 Atlantic County (NJ)   SEBrimfield Crossing (NJ)38 miles [61 km]
 Bergen County (NJ)   SSinnickson Landing (NJ)19 miles [30 km]
 Burlington County (NJ)   EFork Landing (NJ)29 miles [46 km]
 Camden County (NJ)   EBrooklawn (NJ)22 miles [35 km]
 Cumberland County (NJ)   SEBeals Mill (NJ)26 miles [41 km]



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) Elam. 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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Other...     Veterinarians      

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 Elam.

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