Ashland, Illinois

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Springfield. It is located about 20 miles [32 km] to the southeast of Ashland and has a population of 111,454 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Pekin. It is located about 50 miles [80 km] to the northeast of Ashland and has a population of 33,857 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Auburn	SE	25 mi [40.23 km]	4,362	1.04% increase
	Beardstown	W	23 mi [37.01 km]	5,859	1.61% increase
	Canton	N	46 mi [74 km]	14,545	4.86% decrease
	Carlinville	S	42 mi [67.6 km]	5,962	4.87% increase
	Chatham	SE	22 mi [35.41 km]	10,676	24.39% increase
	Havana	N	28 mi [45.06 km]	3,328	6.96% decrease
	Jacksonville	SW	16 mi [25.75 km]	19,415	2.51% increase
	Lincoln	NE	38 mi [61.2 km]	14,541	5.39% decrease
	Pittsfield	SW	46 mi [74 km]	4,453	5.75% increase
	Riverton	E	24 mi [38.62 km]	2,989	1.94% decrease
	Rochester	E	26 mi [41.84 km]	3,236	11.86% increase
	Rushville	NW	33 mi [53.1 km]	3,096	3.61% decrease
	South Jacksonville	SW	17 mi [27.36 km]	3,250	6.47% decrease
	Taylorville	SE	43 mi [69.2 km]	12,238	7.1% increase
	Virden	SE	29 mi [46.67 km]	3,364	3.56% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Athens	E	15 mi [24.14 km]	1,780	3.13% increase
	Berlin	SE	10 mi [16.09 km]	143	2.14% increase
	Cantrall	E	17 mi [27.36 km]	133	4.32% decrease
	Chandlerville	NW	13 mi [20.92 km]	693	1.56% decrease
	Curran	SE	15 mi [24.14 km]	---
	Franklin	S	18 mi [28.97 km]	597	1.88% increase
	Kilbourne	N	18 mi [28.97 km]	350	6.67% decrease
	Loami	SE	17 mi [27.36 km]	781	2.86% decrease
	New Berlin	SE	12 mi [19.31 km]	1,131	9.81% increase
	Oakford	N	14 mi [22.53 km]	292	5.5% decrease
	Petersburg	NE	12 mi [19.31 km]	2,190	4.74% decrease
	Pleasant Plains	E	4 mi [6.44 km]	720	7.34% decrease
	Tallula	NE	5 mi [8.05 km]	601	5.8% decrease
	Virginia	W	11 mi [17.7 km]	1,664	3.7% decrease
	White City	N	15 mi [24.14 km]	---

Cass County

Ashland is located in Cass County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cass: Brown, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon and Schuyler.

While not sharing a border with Cass, the following counties are close to Ashland: Logan, Scott and Fulton.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Ashland
	Brown County	W	La Grange	28 miles [45 km]
	Christian County	SE	Ellis	32 miles [51 km]
	Fulton County	NW	Marbletown	25 miles [40 km]
	Greene County	S	Athensville	31 miles [49 km]
	Logan County	NE	Croft	24 miles [38 km]
	Macoupin County	S	Modesto	28 miles [45 km]
	Mason County	N	White City	15 miles [24 km]
	Menard County	NE	Tallula	5 miles [8 km]
	Montgomery County	SE	Thomasville	33 miles [53 km]
	Morgan County	SW	Prentice	2 miles [3 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Illinois<3>

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