Augusta, Iowa

The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Galesburg (IL). It is located about 48 miles [77 km] to the east of Augusta and has a population of 33,706 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Burlington. It lies just northeast of Augusta and has a population of 26,839 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Fairfield	NW	39 mi [62.8 km]	9,218	3.06% decrease
	Fort Madison	S	10 mi [16.09 km]	10,897	1.7% increase
	Keokuk	S	24 mi [38.62 km]	10,387	9.1% decrease
	Mount Pleasant	NW	20 mi [32.19 km]	8,775	0.27% increase
	Muscatine	N	46 mi [74 km]	22,504	0.85% decrease
	Washington	NW	43 mi [69.2 km]	7,254	2.94% increase
	West Burlington	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]	3,283	3.86% increase
	Abingdon (IL)	E	45 mi [72.4 km]	3,269	9.5% decrease
	Aledo (IL)	NE	41 mi [66 km]	3,565	1.33% decrease
	Bushnell (IL)	E	42 mi [67.6 km]	2,921	9.31% decrease
	Carthage (IL)	S	24 mi [38.62 km]	2,504	8.11% decrease
	Hamilton (IL)	S	25 mi [40.23 km]	2,777	8.32% decrease
	Macomb (IL)	SE	36 mi [57.9 km]	19,736	6.35% increase
	Monmouth (IL)	E	34 mi [54.7 km]	9,321	5.28% decrease
	Canton (MO)	S	45 mi [72.4 km]	2,469	3.44% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Danville	N	7 mi [11.27 km]	854	6.56% decrease
	Donnellson	SW	16 mi [25.75 km]	874	9.24% decrease
	Franklin	SW	13 mi [20.92 km]	124	8.82% decrease
	Houghton	W	17 mi [27.36 km]	126	3.08% decrease
	Middletown	N	4 mi [6.44 km]	540	0.93% increase
	Montrose	SW	17 mi [27.36 km]	918	4.08% decrease
	New London	NW	13 mi [20.92 km]	1,841	4.96% decrease
	Patterson	E	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Saint Paul	W	12 mi [19.31 km]	116	1.69% decrease
	West Point	W	9 mi [14.48 km]	915	6.63% decrease
	Dallas City (IL)	SE	10 mi [16.09 km]	974	7.68% decrease
	Gulf Port (IL)	E	10 mi [16.09 km]	214	3.38% increase
	Lomax (IL)	SE	11 mi [17.7 km]	422	11.53% decrease
	Nauvoo (IL)	S	15 mi [24.14 km]	1,155	8.65% increase
	Pontoosuc (IL)	S	9 mi [14.48 km]	159	7.02% decrease

Des Moines County

Augusta is located in Des Moines County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Des Moines: Louisa, Hancock (IL), Henderson (IL), Lee and Henry.

While not sharing a border with Des Moines, the following counties are close to Augusta: Clark (MO), Van Buren and McDonough (IL).

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Augusta
	Henry County	NW	Lowell	9 miles [14 km]
	Jefferson County	NW	Glasgow	29 miles [46 km]
	Lee County	S	South Augusta	0 miles [0 km]
	Louisa County	N	Morning Sun	23 miles [37 km]
	Van Buren County	W	Farmington	25 miles [40 km]
	Washington County	NW	Noble	33 miles [53 km]
	Adams County (IL)	S	Woodville (IL)	39 miles [62 km]
	Hancock County (IL)	S	Niota (IL)	9 miles [14 km]
	Henderson County (IL)	E	Carthage Lake (IL)	10 miles [16 km]
	McDonough County (IL)	SE	Blandinsville (IL)	25 miles [40 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Iowa<3>

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