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Alexis, Illinois

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Davenport (IA). It is located about 34 miles [54 km] to the north of Alexis and has a population of 98,359 people.<1>

The next largest community is Moline. It is located about 29 miles [46 km] to the north of Alexis and has a population of 43,768 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Bettendorf (IA)   N34 mi [54.7 km]32,5844.19% increase
 Burlington (IA)   SW34 mi [54.7 km]25,3275.63% decrease
 Eldridge (IA)   N39 mi [62.8 km]4,88017.34% increase
 Muscatine (IA)   NW36 mi [57.9 km]22,5040.85% decrease
 Canton   SE43 mi [69.2 km]14,5454.86% decrease
 Colona   N29 mi [46.67 km]5,2321.14% increase
 East Moline   N31 mi [49.89 km]20,8922.75% increase
 Galesburg   SE12 mi [19.31 km]31,1817.49% decrease
 Geneseo   NE33 mi [53.1 km]6,4370.66% decrease
 Kewanee   E34 mi [54.7 km]12,3024.96% decrease
 Macomb   S41 mi [66 km]19,7366.35% increase
 Milan   N26 mi [41.84 km]5,1863.03% decrease
 Monmouth   SW11 mi [17.7 km]9,3215.28% decrease
 Rock Island   N28 mi [45.06 km]38,1393.89% decrease
 Silvis   N31 mi [49.89 km]7,7706.89% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Aledo   NW13 mi [20.92 km]3,5651.33% decrease
 Alpha   NE12 mi [19.31 km]6835.92% decrease
 East Galesburg   SE15 mi [24.14 km]7757.63% decrease
 Henderson   E10 mi [16.09 km]2957.52% decrease
 Little York   W10 mi [16.09 km]2478.18% decrease
 Matherville   N13 mi [20.92 km]7492.98% decrease
 North Henderson   NE4 mi [6.44 km]1813.21% decrease
 Rio   E8 mi [12.87 km]2217.92% decrease
 Seaton   W12 mi [19.31 km]2266.61% decrease
 Shale City   NW11 mi [17.7 km]---
 Shanghai City   E3 mi [4.83 km]---
 Viola   N9 mi [14.48 km]9282.93% decrease
 Wataga   E14 mi [22.53 km]7878.17% decrease
 Windsor   NE11 mi [17.7 km]6815.42% decrease
 Woodhull   NE14 mi [22.53 km]7902.35% decrease

Mercer County

Alexis is primarily located in Mercer County. A portion of Alexis extends into Warren County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mercer: Rock Island, Henry, Knox, Henderson, Warren, Des Moines (IA) and Louisa (IA).

While not sharing a border with Mercer, the counties of Scott (IA) and Fulton are close to Alexis.

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Alexis
 Des Moines County (IA)   WHuron (IA)25 miles [40 km]
 Louisa County (IA)   WOakville (IA)25 miles [40 km]
 Muscatine County (IA)   NWMidway Beach (IA)30 miles [48 km]
 Scott County (IA)   NLinwood (IA)28 miles [45 km]
 Fulton County   SAvon28 miles [45 km]
 Hancock County   SWDisco39 miles [62 km]
 Henderson County   WBald Bluff15 miles [24 km]
 Henry County   NEAlpha12 miles [19 km]
 Knox County   EHenderson Grove8 miles [12 km]
 McDonough County   SPrairie City30 miles [48 km]



Search for Local Businesses

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) Alexis. 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 Alexis.

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