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Brooklyn, Illinois

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

The next largest community is Saint Charles (MO). It is located about 21 miles [33 km] to the northwest of Brooklyn and has a population of 60,321 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Alton   N17 mi [27.36 km]29,3933.62% decrease
 Belleville   SE13 mi [20.92 km]41,0970.76% decrease
 Collinsville   E8 mi [12.87 km]25,9605.07% increase
 East Saint Louis   SE3 mi [4.83 km]28,7738.78% decrease
 Granite City   NE5 mi [8.05 km]30,7031.91% decrease
 Ballwin (MO)   W21 mi [33.8 km]30,0334% decrease
 Chesterfield (MO)   W22 mi [35.41 km]46,0641.58% decrease
 Florissant (MO)   NW13 mi [20.92 km]50,5610.13% increase
 Hazelwood (MO)   NW15 mi [24.14 km]25,3453.29% decrease
 Kirkwood (MO)   W14 mi [22.53 km]26,7602.06% decrease
 Maryland Heights (MO)   W17 mi [27.36 km]25,9490.75% increase
 O'Fallon (MO)   W30 mi [48.28 km]76,81966.39% increase
 Saint Peters (MO)   W25 mi [40.23 km]55,5008.02% increase
 University City (MO)   W8 mi [12.87 km]36,2893.04% decrease
 Wildwood (MO)   W27 mi [43.45 km]34,1953.99% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Alorton   SE5 mi [8.05 km]2,5268.11% decrease
 Cahokia   S6 mi [9.66 km]15,1037.86% decrease
 Centreville   SE6 mi [9.66 km]5,6355.31% decrease
 Fairmont City   E3 mi [4.83 km]2,2447.88% decrease
 Madison   NE3 mi [4.83 km]4,5540.2% increase
 National City   SELess than 2 mi---
 Sauget   S4 mi [6.44 km]2374.82% decrease
 Venice   NLess than 2 mi2,4214.23% decrease
 Washington Park   SE4 mi [6.44 km]5,5583.99% increase
 Flordell Hills (MO)   NW6 mi [9.66 km]8617.52% decrease
 Hillsdale (MO)   W6 mi [9.66 km]1,4084.67% decrease
 Pine Lawn (MO)   NW6 mi [9.66 km]3,9875.16% decrease
 Riverview (MO)   N6 mi [9.66 km]2,9187.25% decrease
 Uplands Park (MO)   NW6 mi [9.66 km]4375% decrease
 Velda Village Hills (MO)   W6 mi [9.66 km]1,0355.05% decrease

Saint Clair County

Brooklyn 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 Brooklyn: Saint Charles (MO), Jefferson (MO) and Jersey.

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Brooklyn
 Bond County   EPierron35 miles [56 km]
 Calhoun County   NWThe Crossroads27 miles [43 km]
 Clinton County   ENew Baden26 miles [41 km]
 Greene County   NKane38 miles [61 km]
 Jersey County   NLockhaven20 miles [32 km]
 Macoupin County   NMiles Station28 miles [45 km]
 Madison County   NEEagle Park1 miles [1 km]
 Monroe County   SColumbia13 miles [20 km]
 Randolph County   SRed Bud32 miles [51 km]
 Washington County   SEJohannisburg33 miles [53 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) Brooklyn. 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.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
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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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Brooklyn:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Brooklyn? Please visit the Map Page for Brooklyn.


Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Brooklyn.

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