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Garland, Texas

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Dallas. It is located about 11 miles [17 km] to the southwest of Garland and has a population of 1,188,580 people.<1>

The next largest community is Fort Worth. It is located about 42 miles [67 km] to the west of Garland and has a population of 534,694 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Arlington   SW32 mi [51.5 km]374,41712.45% increase
 Bedford   W29 mi [46.67 km]49,1554.25% increase
 Carrollton   W16 mi [25.75 km]125,59514.62% increase
 Denton   NW36 mi [57.9 km]119,45448.32% increase
 Euless   W26 mi [41.84 km]52,57914.29% increase
 Flower Mound   W29 mi [46.67 km]69,30736.69% increase
 Grand Prairie   SW27 mi [43.45 km]160,64126.07% increase
 Irving   W20 mi [32.19 km]201,3585.08% increase
 Lewisville   NW22 mi [35.41 km]101,62430.73% increase
 McKinney   N20 mi [32.19 km]121,211122.94% increase
 Mesquite   S10 mi [16.09 km]132,1236.1% increase
 North Richland Hills   W34 mi [54.7 km]65,07816.97% increase
 Plano   NW11 mi [17.7 km]267,48020.47% increase
 Richardson   NW6 mi [9.66 km]101,58910.66% increase
 Rowlett   E3 mi [4.83 km]55,78025.34% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Addison   W12 mi [19.31 km]14,9645.63% increase
 Allen   N13 mi [20.92 km]81,26886.59% increase
 Balch Springs   S13 mi [20.92 km]20,0033.24% increase
 Centerville   S2 mi [3.22 km]---
 Heath   SE10 mi [16.09 km]7,79387.83% increase
 Highland Park   SW11 mi [17.7 km]9,1843.87% increase
 Mobile City   E12 mi [19.31 km]22213.27% increase
 Murphy   N7 mi [11.27 km]14,779376.9% increase
 Parker   N10 mi [16.09 km]2,911111.09% increase
 Rockwall   E10 mi [16.09 km]35,24796.08% increase
 Sachse   NE5 mi [8.05 km]18,68891.65% increase
 Saint Paul   NE10 mi [16.09 km]98055.56% increase
 Sunnyvale   SE8 mi [12.87 km]4,51867.77% increase
 University Park   SW10 mi [16.09 km]24,8536.56% increase
 Wylie   NE10 mi [16.09 km]37,861150.2% increase

Dallas County

Garland is primarily located in Dallas County. A portion of Garland extends into Rockwall County and Collin County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Dallas: Collin, Denton, Ellis, Kaufman, Rockwall and Tarrant. Although it doesn't share a border with Dallas, Hunt it is close to Garland.

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Garland
 Collin County   NESachse5 miles [8 km]
 Comanche County   NWCross Roads30 miles [48 km]
 Denton County   NWCamey17 miles [27 km]
 Ellis County   SIndia26 miles [41 km]
 Fannin County   NENobility35 miles [56 km]
 Grayson County   NElmont35 miles [56 km]
 Hunt County   EBurrow20 miles [32 km]
 Kaufman County   SEHeath10 miles [16 km]
 Rains County   EHooker Ridge38 miles [61 km]
 Rockwall County   EGlen Hill9 miles [14 km]



Search for Local Businesses

People are finding 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) Garland. 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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Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
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 Garland.

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