Flora, Illinois

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	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Altamont	NW	30 mi [48.28 km]	2,254	1.27% decrease
	Carlyle	W	48 mi [77.2 km]	3,378	0.82% decrease
	Carmi	SE	43 mi [69.2 km]	5,203	4.04% decrease
	Casey	NE	50 mi [80.5 km]	2,914	0.95% decrease
	Effingham	N	31 mi [49.89 km]	12,489	0.85% increase
	Fairfield	S	20 mi [32.19 km]	5,165	4.72% decrease
	Ina	SW	42 mi [67.6 km]	2,448	0.29% decrease
	Lawrenceville	E	42 mi [67.6 km]	4,382	7.65% decrease
	McLeansboro	S	40 mi [64.4 km]	2,780	5.6% decrease
	Mount Carmel	SE	41 mi [66 km]	7,404	7.24% decrease
	Newton	NE	27 mi [43.45 km]	2,942	4.14% decrease
	Olney	E	21 mi [33.8 km]	8,407	2.6% decrease
	Robinson	NE	46 mi [74 km]	6,369	6.64% decrease
	Salem	W	26 mi [41.84 km]	7,446	5.85% decrease
	Vandalia	NW	39 mi [62.8 km]	6,321	9.38% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Cisne	S	10 mi [16.09 km]	649	3.57% decrease
	Clay City	E	6 mi [9.66 km]	939	6.1% decrease
	Edgewood	NW	20 mi [32.19 km]	520	1.33% decrease
	Farina	NW	19 mi [30.58 km]	552	1.08% decrease
	Iola	NW	14 mi [22.53 km]	164	4.09% decrease
	Iuka	W	17 mi [27.36 km]	572	4.35% decrease
	Jeffersonville	S	16 mi [25.75 km]	353	3.55% decrease
	Johnsonville	S	10 mi [16.09 km]	66	4.35% decrease
	Louisville	N	7 mi [11.27 km]	1,235	0.56% decrease
	Mount Erie	SE	16 mi [25.75 km]	101	3.81% decrease
	Noble	E	13 mi [20.92 km]	691	7.37% decrease
	Sailor Springs	NE	9 mi [14.48 km]	123	3.91% decrease
	Shields	SW	18 mi [28.97 km]	---
	Union Town	SW	18 mi [28.97 km]	---
	Xenia	W	8 mi [12.87 km]	394	3.19% 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:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Flora
	Clinton County	W	Centralia	36 miles [57 km]
	Crawford County	NE	Green Brier	34 miles [54 km]
	Cumberland County	N	Lillyville	35 miles [56 km]
	Edwards County	SE	Bennington	21 miles [33 km]
	Effingham County	N	Eberle	18 miles [28 km]
	Fayette County	NW	Farina	19 miles [30 km]
	Hamilton County	S	Aden	29 miles [46 km]
	Jasper County	NE	Bogota	21 miles [33 km]
	Jefferson County	SW	Shields	18 miles [28 km]
	Lawrence County	E	Hadley	30 miles [48 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Illinois<3>

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