Amarillo, Texas

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

The next largest community is Hereford. It is located about 41 miles [65 km] to the southwest of Amarillo and has a population of 14,597 people.^<1>

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Borger	NE	39 mi [62.8 km]	12,677	11.36% decrease
	Canyon	S	15 mi [24.14 km]	14,602	13.41% increase
	Claude	E	26 mi [41.84 km]	1,293	1.52% decrease
	Dumas	N	46 mi [74 km]	13,916	1.23% increase
	Fritch	NE	32 mi [51.5 km]	2,006	10.25% decrease
	Groom	E	40 mi [64.4 km]	558	4.94% decrease
	Happy	S	31 mi [49.89 km]	606	6.34% decrease
	Lake Tanglewood	S	10 mi [16.09 km]	886	7.39% increase
	Panhandle	E	27 mi [43.45 km]	2,484	4.06% decrease
	Skellytown	NE	44 mi [70.8 km]	572	6.23% decrease
	Stinnett	NE	47 mi [75.6 km]	1,796	7.23% decrease
	Timbercreek Canyon	S	10 mi [16.09 km]	486	19.7% increase
	Tulia	S	45 mi [72.4 km]	4,589	10.32% decrease
	Vega	W	33 mi [53.1 km]	871	6.94% decrease
	White Deer	NE	40 mi [64.4 km]	1,007	5% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Adrian	W	47 mi [75.6 km]	149	6.29% decrease
	Bishop Hills	NW	8 mi [12.87 km]	210	---
	Channing	NW	43 mi [69.2 km]	327	8.15% decrease
	Electric City	NE	42 mi [67.6 km]	---
	Nazareth	S	48 mi [77.2 km]	316	11.24% decrease
	Oil City	NE	41 mi [66 km]	---
	Palisades	S	9 mi [14.48 km]	377	7.1% increase
	Sanford	NE	38 mi [61.2 km]	189	6.9% decrease

Potter County

Amarillo is primarily located in Potter County and is the county seat. A portion of Amarillo extends into Randall County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Potter: Armstrong, Carson, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore, Oldham and Randall.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Amarillo
	Armstrong County	E	Washburn	14 miles [22 km]
	Carson County	E	Yarnall	16 miles [25 km]
	Castro County	SW	Arney	38 miles [61 km]
	Deaf Smith County	SW	Dawn	29 miles [46 km]
	Hutchinson County	NE	Fritch	32 miles [51 km]
	Moore County	N	Exell	30 miles [48 km]
	Oldham County	W	Wildorado	21 miles [33 km]
	Randall County	S	Zita	5 miles [8 km]
	Swisher County	S	Kaffir	39 miles [62 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Texas<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) Amarillo. 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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