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Alorton, Illinois

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Saint Louis (MO). It lies just northwest of Alorton and has a population of 348,189 people.<1>

The next largest community is Saint Charles (MO). It is located about 26 miles [41 km] to the northwest of Alorton and has a population of 60,321 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Alton   N22 mi [35.41 km]29,3933.62% decrease
 Belleville   SE8 mi [12.87 km]41,0970.76% decrease
 Collinsville   NE8 mi [12.87 km]25,9605.07% increase
 East Saint Louis   NW2 mi [3.22 km]28,7738.78% decrease
 Granite City   N10 mi [16.09 km]30,7031.91% decrease
 Ballwin (MO)   W23 mi [37.01 km]30,0334% decrease
 Chesterfield (MO)   W25 mi [40.23 km]46,0641.58% decrease
 Florissant (MO)   NW18 mi [28.97 km]50,5610.13% increase
 Hazelwood (MO)   NW20 mi [32.19 km]25,3453.29% decrease
 Kirkwood (MO)   W16 mi [25.75 km]26,7602.06% decrease
 Maryland Heights (MO)   NW21 mi [33.8 km]25,9490.75% increase
 O'Fallon (MO)   NW35 mi [56.3 km]76,81966.39% increase
 Saint Peters (MO)   NW29 mi [46.67 km]55,5008.02% increase
 University City (MO)   NW12 mi [19.31 km]36,2893.04% decrease
 Wildwood (MO)   W30 mi [48.28 km]34,1953.99% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Brooklyn   NW5 mi [8.05 km]6208.28% decrease
 Cahokia   W3 mi [4.83 km]15,1037.86% decrease
 Caseyville   NE5 mi [8.05 km]4,2800.7% decrease
 Centreville   SLess than 2 mi5,6355.31% decrease
 Dupo   SW6 mi [9.66 km]4,0733.56% increase
 East Carondelet   SW7 mi [11.27 km]577116.1% increase
 Fairmont City   N4 mi [6.44 km]2,2447.88% decrease
 Fairview Heights   E5 mi [8.05 km]16,64310.7% increase
 French Village   E3 mi [4.83 km]---
 Madison   N6 mi [9.66 km]4,5540.2% increase
 National City   NW4 mi [6.44 km]---
 Sauget   W2 mi [3.22 km]2374.82% decrease
 Summit   E6 mi [9.66 km]---
 Venice   NW6 mi [9.66 km]2,4214.23% decrease
 Washington Park   N3 mi [4.83 km]5,5583.99% increase

Saint Clair County

Alorton is located in Saint Clair County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Saint Clair: Madison, Clinton, Washington, Randolph, Monroe, Saint Louis City (MO) and Saint Louis (MO).

While not sharing a border with Saint Clair, the following counties are close to Alorton: Jefferson (MO), Saint Charles (MO) and Jersey.

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Alorton
 Bond County   NEPierron34 miles [54 km]
 Calhoun County   NWThe Crossroads32 miles [51 km]
 Clinton County   ENew Baden22 miles [35 km]
 Jersey County   NLockhaven26 miles [41 km]
 Macoupin County   NBunker Hill32 miles [51 km]
 Madison County   NFairmont City4 miles [6 km]
 Monroe County   SWColumbia10 miles [16 km]
 Randolph County   SRed Bud26 miles [41 km]
 Washington County   SEJohannisburg28 miles [45 km]
 Franklin County (MO)   WPetersville (MO)34 miles [54 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) Alorton. 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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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 Alorton.

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