Carrollton, Texas

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Dallas. It is located about 15 miles [24 km] to the southeast of Carrollton and has a population of 1,188,580 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Fort Worth. It is located about 29 miles [46 km] to the southwest of Carrollton and has a population of 534,694 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Arlington	SW	23 mi [37.01 km]	374,417	12.45% increase
	Bedford	SW	16 mi [25.75 km]	49,155	4.25% increase
	Denton	NW	20 mi [32.19 km]	119,454	48.32% increase
	Euless	SW	14 mi [22.53 km]	52,579	14.29% increase
	Flower Mound	W	12 mi [19.31 km]	69,307	36.69% increase
	Garland	E	16 mi [25.75 km]	218,577	1.3% increase
	Grand Prairie	S	21 mi [33.8 km]	160,641	26.07% increase
	Irving	SW	9 mi [14.48 km]	201,358	5.08% increase
	Lewisville	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]	101,624	30.73% increase
	McKinney	NE	19 mi [30.58 km]	121,211	122.94% increase
	Mesquite	SE	23 mi [37.01 km]	132,123	6.1% increase
	North Richland Hills	SW	20 mi [32.19 km]	65,078	16.97% increase
	Plano	NE	9 mi [14.48 km]	267,480	20.47% increase
	Richardson	E	11 mi [17.7 km]	101,589	10.66% increase
	Rowlett	E	20 mi [32.19 km]	55,780	25.34% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Addison	SE	4 mi [6.44 km]	14,964	5.63% increase
	The Colony	N	7 mi [11.27 km]	42,281	59.36% increase
	Coppell	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	39,154	8.89% increase
	Copper Canyon	NW	13 mi [20.92 km]	1,467	20.64% increase
	Farmers Branch	S	4 mi [6.44 km]	26,455	3.83% decrease
	Frisco	N	12 mi [19.31 km]	96,676	186.75% increase
	Grapevine	W	10 mi [16.09 km]	50,471	20% increase
	Hackberry	N	11 mi [17.7 km]	644	18.38% increase
	Hebron	N	4 mi [6.44 km]	261	70.14% decrease
	Hickory Creek	NW	11 mi [17.7 km]	3,779	81.86% increase
	Highland Park	SE	12 mi [19.31 km]	9,184	3.87% increase
	Highland Village	NW	11 mi [17.7 km]	16,737	37.49% increase
	Lake Dallas	NW	11 mi [17.7 km]	7,811	26.68% increase
	Lakewood Village	NW	11 mi [17.7 km]	393	14.91% increase
	University Park	SE	11 mi [17.7 km]	24,853	6.56% increase

Collin County

Carrollton is primarily located in Collin County. A portion of Carrollton extends into Dallas County and Denton County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Collin: Dallas, Denton, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt and Rockwall.

While not sharing a border with Collin, the following counties are close to Carrollton: Tarrant, Comanche and Kaufman.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Carrollton
	Comanche County	N	Cross Roads	17 miles [27 km]
	Cooke County	N	Bloomfield	32 miles [51 km]
	Dallas County	W	Trinity Mills	1 miles [1 km]
	Denton County	N	Hebron	4 miles [6 km]
	Ellis County	S	Britton	31 miles [49 km]
	Grayson County	N	Gunter	32 miles [51 km]
	Hunt County	E	Burrow	35 miles [56 km]
	Johnson County	SW	Retta	35 miles [56 km]
	Kaufman County	E	Heath	26 miles [41 km]
	Parker County	W	Azle	37 miles [59 km]

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