Burlington, Iowa

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Galesburg (IL). It is located about 40 miles [64 km] to the east of Burlington and has a population of 33,706 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Muscatine. It is located about 42 miles [67 km] to the north of Burlington and has a population of 22,697 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Fairfield	W	46 mi [74 km]	9,218	3.06% decrease
	Fort Madison	SW	17 mi [27.36 km]	10,897	1.7% increase
	Keokuk	SW	31 mi [49.89 km]	10,387	9.1% decrease
	Mount Pleasant	NW	24 mi [38.62 km]	8,775	0.27% increase
	Washington	NW	45 mi [72.4 km]	7,254	2.94% increase
	West Burlington	W	2 mi [3.22 km]	3,283	3.86% increase
	Abingdon (IL)	E	37 mi [59.5 km]	3,269	9.5% decrease
	Aledo (IL)	NE	33 mi [53.1 km]	3,565	1.33% decrease
	Bushnell (IL)	SE	37 mi [59.5 km]	2,921	9.31% decrease
	Carthage (IL)	S	27 mi [43.45 km]	2,504	8.11% decrease
	Hamilton (IL)	SW	31 mi [49.89 km]	2,777	8.32% decrease
	Knoxville (IL)	E	44 mi [70.8 km]	2,917	8.36% decrease
	Macomb (IL)	SE	32 mi [51.5 km]	19,736	6.35% increase
	Monmouth (IL)	E	26 mi [41.84 km]	9,321	5.28% decrease
	Kahoka (MO)	SW	40 mi [64.4 km]	2,182	2.63% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Danville	W	10 mi [16.09 km]	854	6.56% decrease
	Mediapolis	N	14 mi [22.53 km]	1,584	3.65% decrease
	Middletown	W	7 mi [11.27 km]	540	0.93% increase
	New London	NW	16 mi [25.75 km]	1,841	4.96% decrease
	Patterson	S	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Biggsville (IL)	E	14 mi [22.53 km]	307	10.5% decrease
	Dallas City (IL)	S	12 mi [19.31 km]	974	7.68% decrease
	Gladstone (IL)	NE	9 mi [14.48 km]	255	10.21% decrease
	Gulf Port (IL)	E	2 mi [3.22 km]	214	3.38% increase
	La Harpe (IL)	SE	17 mi [27.36 km]	1,287	7.08% decrease
	Lomax (IL)	S	9 mi [14.48 km]	422	11.53% decrease
	Media (IL)	E	15 mi [24.14 km]	114	12.31% decrease
	Oquawka (IL)	NE	12 mi [19.31 km]	1,378	10.46% decrease
	Pontoosuc (IL)	S	13 mi [20.92 km]	159	7.02% decrease
	Stronghurst (IL)	E	12 mi [19.31 km]	795	11.27% decrease

Des Moines County

Burlington is located in Des Moines County and is the county seat.

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 Burlington: Warren (IL), McDonough (IL) and Mercer (IL).

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Burlington
	Henry County	W	Lowell	16 miles [25 km]
	Jefferson County	W	Glasgow	35 miles [56 km]
	Lee County	SW	South Augusta	8 miles [12 km]
	Louisa County	N	Newport	19 miles [30 km]
	Muscatine County	N	Fruitland	37 miles [59 km]
	Van Buren County	W	Farmington	34 miles [54 km]
	Washington County	NW	Crawfordsville	35 miles [56 km]
	Fulton County (IL)	E	Avon (IL)	37 miles [59 km]
	Hancock County (IL)	S	Dallas City (IL)	12 miles [19 km]
	Henderson County (IL)	SE	Carthage Lake (IL)	2 miles [3 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Iowa<3>

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