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Plano, Texas

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Dallas. It is located about 17 miles [27 km] to the south of Plano and has a population of 1,188,580 people.<1>

The next largest community is Fort Worth. It is located about 38 miles [61 km] to the southwest of Plano 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   SW26 mi [41.84 km]49,1554.25% increase
 Carrollton   SW9 mi [14.48 km]125,59514.62% increase
 Denton   NW25 mi [40.23 km]119,45448.32% increase
 Euless   SW23 mi [37.01 km]52,57914.29% increase
 Flower Mound   W21 mi [33.8 km]69,30736.69% increase
 Garland   SE11 mi [17.7 km]218,5771.3% increase
 Grand Prairie   SW29 mi [46.67 km]160,64126.07% increase
 Irving   SW18 mi [28.97 km]201,3585.08% increase
 Lewisville   W13 mi [20.92 km]101,62430.73% increase
 McKinney   NE11 mi [17.7 km]121,211122.94% increase
 Mesquite   SE21 mi [33.8 km]132,1236.1% increase
 North Richland Hills   SW30 mi [48.28 km]65,07816.97% increase
 Richardson   SE5 mi [8.05 km]101,58910.66% increase
 Rowlett   SE14 mi [22.53 km]55,78025.34% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Addison   SW8 mi [12.87 km]14,9645.63% increase
 Allen   NE5 mi [8.05 km]81,26886.59% increase
 The Colony   W9 mi [14.48 km]42,28159.36% increase
 Fairview   NE10 mi [16.09 km]8,093206.09% increase
 Farmers Branch   SW11 mi [17.7 km]26,4553.83% decrease
 Frisco   NW8 mi [12.87 km]96,676186.75% increase
 Hackberry   NW11 mi [17.7 km]64418.38% increase
 Hebron   W7 mi [11.27 km]26170.14% decrease
 Little Elm   NW13 mi [20.92 km]24,947584.23% increase
 Lucas   E10 mi [16.09 km]4,91470.03% increase
 Murphy   E8 mi [12.87 km]14,779376.9% increase
 Parker   E7 mi [11.27 km]2,911111.09% increase
 Prosper   N13 mi [20.92 km]7,053236.34% increase
 Sachse   SE11 mi [17.7 km]18,68891.65% increase
 Saint Paul   E11 mi [17.7 km]98055.56% increase

Collin County

Plano is primarily located in Collin County. A portion of Plano extends into 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 Plano: Comanche, Kaufman and Tarrant.

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Plano
 Comanche County   NWCross Roads19 miles [30 km]
 Cooke County   NWBloomfield31 miles [49 km]
 Dallas County   SBuckingham7 miles [11 km]
 Denton County   WCamey6 miles [9 km]
 Ellis County   SElva36 miles [57 km]
 Fannin County   NENobility31 miles [49 km]
 Grayson County   NElmont26 miles [41 km]
 Hunt County   EBurrow26 miles [41 km]
 Kaufman County   SEHeath21 miles [33 km]
 Rockwall County   SEGlen Hill19 miles [30 km]



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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) Plano. 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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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 Plano.

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