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Town of Alden, Wisconsin

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Minneapolis (MN). It is located about 42 miles [67 km] to the southwest of Alden and has a population of 382,618 people.<1>

The next largest community is Saint Paul (MN). It is located about 35 miles [56 km] to the southwest of Alden and has a population of 287,151 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Apple Valley (MN)   SW48 mi [77.2 km]50,0049.83% increase
 Blaine (MN)   W34 mi [54.7 km]55,04222.47% increase
 Bloomington (MN)   SW49 mi [78.9 km]81,2804.57% decrease
 Brooklyn Park (MN)   W42 mi [67.6 km]71,3085.82% increase
 Burnsville (MN)   SW50 mi [80.5 km]59,1391.8% decrease
 Coon Rapids (MN)   W39 mi [62.8 km]61,8320.37% increase
 Eagan (MN)   SW44 mi [70.8 km]63,9850.67% increase
 Edina (MN)   SW48 mi [77.2 km]45,6083.83% decrease
 Maple Grove (MN)   W47 mi [75.6 km]61,54222.19% increase
 Maplewood (MN)   SW30 mi [48.28 km]36,0873.26% increase
 Plymouth (MN)   W49 mi [78.9 km]71,4868.49% increase
 Richfield (MN)   SW45 mi [72.4 km]32,7284.97% decrease
 Roseville (MN)   SW35 mi [56.3 km]32,8152.6% decrease
 Saint Louis Park (MN)   SW46 mi [74 km]45,4653.03% increase
 Woodbury (MN)   SW31 mi [49.89 km]56,12820.8% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Amery   NE7 mi [11.27 km]2,7772.39% decrease
 Black Brook   E7 mi [11.27 km]1,2886.62% increase
 Clear Lake   E11 mi [17.7 km]1,0984.47% increase
 Cylon   SE9 mi [14.48 km]6828.43% increase
 Deer Park   SE7 mi [11.27 km]2231.76% decrease
 Dresser   NW9 mi [14.48 km]85216.39% increase
 Farmington   W8 mi [12.87 km]2,13331.26% increase
 Garfield   N6 mi [9.66 km]1,82226.26% increase
 Lincoln   NE9 mi [14.48 km]2,3471.87% increase
 New Richmond   S8 mi [12.87 km]8,25930.89% increase
 Osceola   NW8 mi [12.87 km]2,2095.95% increase
 Osceola   NW10 mi [16.09 km]2,72212.43% increase
 Stanton   S5 mi [8.05 km]90210.07% decrease
 Star Prairie   SW7 mi [11.27 km]3,78228.46% increase
 Star Prairie   S3 mi [4.83 km]65213.59% increase

Polk County

Alden is located in Polk County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Polk: Burnett, Barron, Dunn, Saint Croix, Washington (MN) and Chisago (MN).

While not sharing a border with Polk, the following counties are close to Alden: Ramsey (MN), Anoka (MN) and Pierce.

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Alden
 Anoka County (MN)   WCenterville (MN)27 miles [43 km]
 Chisago County (MN)   NWFranconia (MN)12 miles [19 km]
 Dakota County (MN)   SWSouth Saint Paul (MN)36 miles [57 km]
 Hennepin County (MN)   SWSaint Anthony (MN)38 miles [61 km]
 Isanti County (MN)   NWSpring Lake (MN)33 miles [53 km]
 Ramsey County (MN)   SWWhite Bear Beach (MN)25 miles [40 km]
 Washington County (MN)   WCopas (MN)12 miles [19 km]
 Barron County   EGraytown18 miles [28 km]
 Burnett County   NPole Cat Crossing27 miles [43 km]
 Dunn County   ENew Haven20 miles [32 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) Alden. 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    
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Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
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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 Alden.

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