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Granite City, Illinois

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Saint Louis (MO). It lies just southwest of Granite City 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 west of Granite City and has a population of 60,321 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Alton   N12 mi [19.31 km]29,3933.62% decrease
 Belleville   SE16 mi [25.75 km]41,0970.76% decrease
 Collinsville   SE7 mi [11.27 km]25,9605.07% increase
 East Saint Louis   S7 mi [11.27 km]28,7738.78% decrease
 Ballwin (MO)   SW24 mi [38.62 km]30,0334% decrease
 Chesterfield (MO)   W24 mi [38.62 km]46,0641.58% decrease
 Florissant (MO)   NW11 mi [17.7 km]50,5610.13% increase
 Hazelwood (MO)   W14 mi [22.53 km]25,3453.29% decrease
 Kirkwood (MO)   SW18 mi [28.97 km]26,7602.06% decrease
 Maryland Heights (MO)   W18 mi [28.97 km]25,9490.75% increase
 O'Fallon (MO)   W32 mi [51.5 km]76,81966.39% increase
 Saint Peters (MO)   W26 mi [41.84 km]55,5008.02% increase
 University City (MO)   SW11 mi [17.7 km]36,2893.04% decrease
 Webster Groves (MO)   SW15 mi [24.14 km]22,3353.85% decrease
 Wildwood (MO)   W31 mi [49.89 km]34,1953.99% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Brooklyn   SW5 mi [8.05 km]6208.28% decrease
 Fairmont City   S5 mi [8.05 km]2,2447.88% decrease
 Hartford   N6 mi [9.66 km]1,4774.4% decrease
 Madison   S3 mi [4.83 km]4,5540.2% increase
 National City   S6 mi [9.66 km]---
 Pontoon Beach   E3 mi [4.83 km]6,0818.2% increase
 South Roxana   NE7 mi [11.27 km]1,8074.29% decrease
 Venice   SW4 mi [6.44 km]2,4214.23% decrease
 Washington Park   S7 mi [11.27 km]5,5583.99% increase
 Bellefontaine Neighbors (MO)   W5 mi [8.05 km]10,2419.14% decrease
 Castle Point (MO)   W6 mi [9.66 km]---
 Glasgow Village (MO)   W4 mi [6.44 km]---
 Moline Acres (MO)   W6 mi [9.66 km]2,5175.45% decrease
 Riverview (MO)   W4 mi [6.44 km]2,9187.25% decrease
 Spanish Lake (MO)   NW6 mi [9.66 km]---

Madison County

Granite City is located in Madison County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Madison: Bond, Clinton, Jersey, Macoupin, Montgomery, Saint Charles (MO), Saint Clair, Saint Louis City (MO) and Saint Louis (MO).

While not sharing a border with Madison, the following counties are close to Granite City: Monroe, Jefferson (MO) and Calhoun.

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Granite City
 Bond County   EOld Ripley31 miles [49 km]
 Calhoun County   NWDeer Plain25 miles [40 km]
 Clinton County   ETrenton25 miles [40 km]
 Greene County   NKane34 miles [54 km]
 Jersey County   NWLockhaven16 miles [25 km]
 Macoupin County   NWoodburn22 miles [35 km]
 Monroe County   SColumbia19 miles [30 km]
 Montgomery County   NEWalshville35 miles [56 km]
 Randolph County   SRed Bud36 miles [57 km]
 Saint Clair County   SWBrooklyn5 miles [8 km]



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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) Granite City. 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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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 Granite City.

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