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Fairbanks, Illinois

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Decatur. It is located about 23 miles [37 km] to the northwest of Fairbanks and has a population of 81,860 people.<1>

The next largest community is Champaign. It is located about 30 miles [48 km] to the northeast of Fairbanks and has a population of 67,518 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Charleston   SE24 mi [38.62 km]21,7153.21% increase
 Clinton   NW37 mi [59.5 km]7,1544.42% decrease
 Effingham   S41 mi [66 km]12,4890.85% increase
 Mahomet   N33 mi [53.1 km]6,42231.68% increase
 Mattoon   SE18 mi [28.97 km]17,1776.09% decrease
 Monticello   N21 mi [33.8 km]5,3504.13% increase
 Mount Zion   W19 mi [30.58 km]5,1596.48% increase
 Pana   SW37 mi [59.5 km]5,7181.85% increase
 Paris   E45 mi [72.4 km]8,6994.16% decrease
 Rantoul   NE45 mi [72.4 km]12,1895.2% decrease
 Savoy   NE27 mi [43.45 km]5,57924.64% increase
 Shelbyville   SW25 mi [40.23 km]4,6057.36% decrease
 Taylorville   W42 mi [67.6 km]12,2387.1% increase
 Tuscola   NE14 mi [22.53 km]4,5141.48% increase
 Urbana   NE32 mi [51.5 km]39,6418.92% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Allenville   S10 mi [16.09 km]1465.19% decrease
 Arcola   E12 mi [19.31 km]2,7834.94% increase
 Arthur   E3 mi [4.83 km]2,1293.36% decrease
 Atwood   NE6 mi [9.66 km]1,2264.96% decrease
 Bement   N14 mi [22.53 km]1,6984.82% decrease
 Bethany   SW12 mi [19.31 km]1,2264.74% decrease
 Cerro Gordo   NW16 mi [25.75 km]1,3436.48% decrease
 Dalton City   W14 mi [22.53 km]5466.02% decrease
 Garrett   NE7 mi [11.27 km]1913.54% decrease
 Hammond   NW6 mi [9.66 km]5081.93% decrease
 Humboldt   SE13 mi [20.92 km]4663.12% decrease
 Ivesdale   N16 mi [25.75 km]2725.56% decrease
 Lake City   W10 mi [16.09 km]---
 Lovington   W5 mi [8.05 km]1,1704.26% decrease
 Sullivan   SW9 mi [14.48 km]4,3831.32% increase

Moultrie County

Fairbanks is located in Moultrie County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Moultrie: Coles, Douglas, Macon, Piatt and Shelby.

While not sharing a border with Moultrie, the following counties are close to Fairbanks: Champaign, Cumberland and Christian.

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Fairbanks
 Champaign County   NEJimtown15 miles [24 km]
 Christian County   WMoweaqua27 miles [43 km]
 Clark County   SEWestfield33 miles [53 km]
 Coles County   SFuller9 miles [14 km]
 Cumberland County   SEJohnstown27 miles [43 km]
 De Witt County   NWWeldon30 miles [48 km]
 Douglas County   EArthur3 miles [4 km]
 Edgar County   EBorton31 miles [49 km]
 Effingham County   SGreen Creek35 miles [56 km]
 Fayette County   SWHolliday37 miles [59 km]



Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned 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) Fairbanks. 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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Footnotes

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

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