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Athens, Illinois

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Springfield. It is located about 13 miles [20 km] to the south of Athens and has a population of 111,454 people.<1>

The next largest community is Decatur. It is located about 42 miles [67 km] to the east of Athens and has a population of 81,860 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Auburn   S26 mi [41.84 km]4,3621.04% increase
 Bartonville   N47 mi [75.6 km]6,1602.38% decrease
 Beardstown   W37 mi [59.5 km]5,8591.61% increase
 Canton   N44 mi [70.8 km]14,5454.86% decrease
 Carlinville   S47 mi [75.6 km]5,9624.87% increase
 Chatham   S20 mi [32.19 km]10,67624.39% increase
 Clinton   E42 mi [67.6 km]7,1544.42% decrease
 Creve Coeur   N47 mi [75.6 km]5,2064.44% decrease
 East Peoria   N50 mi [80.5 km]22,7600.54% increase
 Jacksonville   SW31 mi [49.89 km]19,4152.51% increase
 Lincoln   NE22 mi [35.41 km]14,5415.39% decrease
 Morton   N47 mi [75.6 km]16,0395.53% increase
 Mount Zion   E46 mi [74 km]5,1596.48% increase
 Pekin   N42 mi [67.6 km]33,4301.26% decrease
 Taylorville   SE35 mi [56.3 km]12,2387.1% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Cantrall   SE2 mi [3.22 km]1334.32% decrease
 Clear Lake   SE13 mi [20.92 km]2477.49% decrease
 Elkhart   E13 mi [20.92 km]4234.51% decrease
 Grandview   SE11 mi [17.7 km]1,4108.26% decrease
 Greenview   N8 mi [12.87 km]7898.47% decrease
 Jerome   S13 mi [20.92 km]1,2948.49% decrease
 Leland Grove   S12 mi [19.31 km]1,4439.36% decrease
 Middletown   NE12 mi [19.31 km]4164.15% decrease
 Petersburg   NW7 mi [11.27 km]2,1904.74% decrease
 Pleasant Plains   SW11 mi [17.7 km]7207.34% decrease
 Riverton   SE12 mi [19.31 km]2,9891.94% decrease
 Sherman   SE8 mi [12.87 km]3,82733.3% increase
 Spaulding   SE11 mi [17.7 km]82146.87% increase
 Tallula   W11 mi [17.7 km]6015.8% decrease
 Williamsville   E9 mi [14.48 km]1,3883.54% decrease

Menard County

Athens is located in Menard County.

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

While not sharing a border with Menard, the following counties are close to Athens: Morgan, Christian and Tazewell.

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Athens
 Cass County   WAshland15 miles [24 km]
 Christian County   SERoby23 miles [37 km]
 De Witt County   NEMidland City33 miles [53 km]
 Fulton County   NWMarbletown31 miles [49 km]
 Logan County   NECroft9 miles [14 km]
 Macon County   ENiantic30 miles [48 km]
 Macoupin County   SVirden31 miles [49 km]
 Mason County   NLuther16 miles [25 km]
 McLean County   NEMcLean38 miles [61 km]
 Montgomery County   SThomasville32 miles [51 km]



Search for Local Businesses

People are finding 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) Athens. 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 Athens.

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