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The village of Coal City is primarily located in Grundy County. A portion of Coal City extends into Will County.
Coal City is 170 feet [51.82 m] above sea level.<1>
Time Zone: Coal City lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.
Communities that are also named Coal City can be found in:
At the time of the 2000 Census, Coal City had a population of 4,797 people<2> (or 12.73% of the total population of Grundy County).
From the Census Estimates for 2008, Coal City had a population of 5,729 people. This is an increase of 19.43% since the 2000 Census.
The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Coal City.
| Year | Population | Change
Since 2000 | Year-to-Year Change |
| 2008 | 5,729 | +19.43% | +2.98% since 2007 |
| 2007 | 5,563 | +15.97% | +3.92% since 2006 |
| 2006 | 5,353 | +11.59% | +3.46% since 2005 |
| 2005 | 5,174 | +7.86% | |
| --- | | | | 2000 | 4,797 | The Last Census |
The following is a sample of nearby communities:
| | Community | Direction | Distance<3> | 2008
Population | Change
Since 2000 |
| | Channahon |  N | 9 mi [14.48 km] | 14,030 | 91.04% increase |
| | Dwight |  SW | 14 mi [22.53 km] | 4,267 | 2.2% decrease |
| | Joliet | N | 18 mi [28.97 km] | 146,125 | 37.57% increase |
| | Manhattan |  NE | 18 mi [28.97 km] | 7,166 | 115.2% increase |
| | Minooka | N | 11 mi [17.7 km] | 10,514 | 164.77% increase |
| | Morris |  NW | 10 mi [16.09 km] | 13,812 | 15.79% increase |
To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Coal City.
Website for Coal City
| Official Website: | www.coalcity-illinois.com/ |
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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.
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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| Last Modified: 04 Nov 2009 |
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