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Flora, Illinois

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Mount Vernon. It is located about 33 miles [53 km] to the southwest of Flora and has a population of 16,269 people.<1>

The next largest community is Centralia. It is located about 36 miles [57 km] to the west of Flora and has a population of 14,136 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Altamont   NW30 mi [48.28 km]2,2541.27% decrease
 Carlyle   W48 mi [77.2 km]3,3780.82% decrease
 Carmi   SE43 mi [69.2 km]5,2034.04% decrease
 Casey   NE50 mi [80.5 km]2,9140.95% decrease
 Effingham   N31 mi [49.89 km]12,4890.85% increase
 Fairfield   S20 mi [32.19 km]5,1654.72% decrease
 Ina   SW42 mi [67.6 km]2,4480.29% decrease
 Lawrenceville   E42 mi [67.6 km]4,3827.65% decrease
 McLeansboro   S40 mi [64.4 km]2,7805.6% decrease
 Mount Carmel   SE41 mi [66 km]7,4047.24% decrease
 Newton   NE27 mi [43.45 km]2,9424.14% decrease
 Olney   E21 mi [33.8 km]8,4072.6% decrease
 Robinson   NE46 mi [74 km]6,3696.64% decrease
 Salem   W26 mi [41.84 km]7,4465.85% decrease
 Vandalia   NW39 mi [62.8 km]6,3219.38% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Cisne   S10 mi [16.09 km]6493.57% decrease
 Clay City   E6 mi [9.66 km]9396.1% decrease
 Edgewood   NW20 mi [32.19 km]5201.33% decrease
 Farina   NW19 mi [30.58 km]5521.08% decrease
 Iola   NW14 mi [22.53 km]1644.09% decrease
 Iuka   W17 mi [27.36 km]5724.35% decrease
 Jeffersonville   S16 mi [25.75 km]3533.55% decrease
 Johnsonville   S10 mi [16.09 km]664.35% decrease
 Louisville   N7 mi [11.27 km]1,2350.56% decrease
 Mount Erie   SE16 mi [25.75 km]1013.81% decrease
 Noble   E13 mi [20.92 km]6917.37% decrease
 Sailor Springs   NE9 mi [14.48 km]1233.91% decrease
 Shields   SW18 mi [28.97 km]---
 Union Town   SW18 mi [28.97 km]---
 Xenia   W8 mi [12.87 km]3943.19% decrease

Clay County

Flora is located in Clay County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Clay: Effingham, Fayette, Jasper, Marion, Richland and Wayne.

While not sharing a border with Clay, the following counties are close to Flora: Jefferson, Edwards and Hamilton.

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Flora
 Clinton County   WCentralia36 miles [57 km]
 Crawford County   NEGreen Brier34 miles [54 km]
 Cumberland County   NLillyville35 miles [56 km]
 Edwards County   SEBennington21 miles [33 km]
 Effingham County   NEberle18 miles [28 km]
 Fayette County   NWFarina19 miles [30 km]
 Hamilton County   SAden29 miles [46 km]
 Jasper County   NEBogota21 miles [33 km]
 Jefferson County   SWShields18 miles [28 km]
 Lawrence County   EHadley30 miles [48 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) Flora. 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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Campgrounds      Rentals    
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 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 Flora.

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